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MAKUT RAJAKUMARN small frigate (1973)


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Makut Rajakumarn 1978

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
มกุฎราชกุมาร [Makut Rajakumarn] 7, 1992- 433   Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK 11.1.1970 18.11.1971 7.5.1973 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1650
Displacement full, t

1900
Length, m

93.0 pp 976 oa
Breadth, m

11.0
Draught, m

5.50
No of shafts

2
Machinery

CODOG: 1 Rolls-Royce Olympus TBM-3B gas turbine / 1 Crossley-Pielstick 12PC2 V400 diesel
Power, h. p.

23000 / 6000
Max speed, kts

26
Fuel, t

diesel / gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(18)
Armament

1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS 24 SAM (4 Sea Cat), 2 x 1 - 114/55 Mk 8, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 1 x 3 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR
Electronic equipment

LW-04, WM-22, M44, Decca 626 radars, type 170B, type 162, MS27 sonars
Complement

140


Standard scale images


<i>Makut Rajakumarn </i>1975
Makut Rajakumarn 1975


Graphics


<i>Makut Rajakumarn </i> 2010
Makut Rajakumarn 2010
<i>Makut Rajakumarn </i> 1978
Makut Rajakumarn 1978


Project history

General purpose frigate, highly automated and proved successful in service. Fitted as flagship.

Modernizations

1988: - LW-04 radar, type 170B, type 162, MS27 sonar; + DA-05 radar, DSQS-21C sonar (Limbo ASWRL became nonoperational), SEWACO CCS

1993: - 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM, M44 radar; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

1997: - 2 x 1 - 40/60; + 1 x 2 - 40/70 OTO-Breda Compact, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 3 - 324 PMW49A TT (6 Stingray), ZW-06 radar, WLR-1, Newton ECM suites, 2x Mk 135 decoy RL

Naval service

Makut Rajakumarn was badly damaged by fire in February 1984 and was later repaired and modernized till 1988.