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Naresuan 2008

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
นเรศวร [Naresuan] 621, 1995- 421   Zhonghua, Shanghai, China 11.1991 24.7.1993 15.12.1994 in service (2019)
ตากสิน [Taksin] 622, 1995- 422   Zhonghua, Shanghai, China 11.1992 14.5.1994 28.9.1995 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

2500

Displacement full, t

3000

Length, m

120.5

Breadth, m

13.4

Draught, m

3.85 hull

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines / 2 MTU 20V1163 TB83 diesels

Power, h. p.

55000 / 14800

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)4000(18)
Armament

2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84A), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 45 mod.2, 2 x 2 - 37/76 type 76A-88, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 mod.5 TT (Mk 46 mod.5), 1 helicopter (Super Lynx 300)

Electronic equipmentLW-08, type 360, SPS-64(v)15, SPS-64(v)5, STIR-1.8, type 347G radars, JM-83H e/o director, SJD-7 sonar, Mirage NRJ-5, type 945GPJ ECM suites, 4x type 945 decoy RL
Complement

168



Standard scale images


<i>Naresuan </i>2000
Naresuan 2000


Graphics


<i>Naresuan</i> 2008
Naresuan 2008


Project history

Chinese type 25T, desined for export. Ordered 21.9.1989. At the time of formal commission in December 1994 first ship carried only Chinese armament and electronics, Western equipment was installed completely only in October 1995. Two Super Lynx helicopters for thee sips arrived Thailand only in 2005.

Modernizations

2013-2015, both: - type 360, type 347G, STIR-1.8, SPS-64(v)15, SPS-64(v)5 radars, JM-83H e/o system, SJD-7 sonar, Mirage NRJ-5, type 945GPJ ECM suites, 4x type 945 decoy RL; + 1 x 8 ESSM SAM (32 RIM-162A), Sea Giraffe AMD, 2x Sharp Eye, 2x CEROS 200 radars, EOS500 e/o system, DSQS-24D sonar, Condor ES-3701 ECM suite, 4x SKWS decoy RL, 9LV Mk 4 CCS

Naval service

No significant events.