Thailand equips its fleet with new frigates
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Navy Recognition has announced that Thailand is working on a project to equip its army with new warships.
According to the website, “The Thai Navy has applied for funding of around $457 million over the next five years to receive a new Bhumibol Adulyadej-class military frigate and the request has been included in the budget set by the Thai Ministry. Defense for 2024″.
The Thai Navy currently owns a single Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate, which it ordered in 2013 from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, a South Korean company.
This frigate is 124.1 m long, 14.4 m wide and has a displacement of 3,700 tons. This frigate can travel at a speed of 33 knots, carry a crew of 114, and travel 4,000 nautical miles in each mission.
This ship was equipped with a Sea Giraffe early warning radar with antennas manufactured by the Swedish company Saab, and was also armed with 76-mm OTO Melara cannons, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, RIM-162 ESSM anti-aircraft missiles, 12.7- and 30-mm machine guns. guns and launchers for 324 mm torpedoes.
Source: Weapons of Russia
