HTMS Makut Rajakumarn (Thai: เรือหลวงมกุฎราชกุมาร) is a frigate operated by the Royal Thai Navy. The ship was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Glasgow, Scotland 1971. The ship entered service in 1973 and is currently (2010) in service as a training ship.
Makut Rajakumarn in 1983
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Name | HTMS Makut Rajakumarn |
Namesake | Crown Prince of Thailand |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow |
Launched | 18 November 1971 |
Commissioned | 7 May 1973 |
Status | in service as a training ship |
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Type | Frigate |
Displacement | 1,650 tons standard, 1,900 tons full load |
Length | 97.6 m (320 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 10.97 m (36 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
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Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Crew | 140 |
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The design was based on the Malaysian frigate KD Rahmat, but is larger and has a second gun at the stern. The ship was refitted in 1985–1988 following an engine room fire in 1984, with the Sea Cat missiles and Limbo anti submarine mortar removed and replaced by anti-submarine torpedo tubes and new radar and sonar.
References
edit- Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
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