Ratanakosin-class corvette

Class overview

Builders:	Tacoma Boat Building Co, USA
Operators:	Thailand
Built:	1984-1986
In commission:	1986-present
Completed:	2
Active:	2
General characteristics ^[1]
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	840 tons (normal) 960 tons (full load)
Length:	76.82 m (252 ft 0 in)
Beam:	9.55 m (31 ft 4 in)
Draft:	2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
Installed power:	16,000 bhp (12,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2× MTU 20V1163 TB83 diesel engines, 2× shafts
Speed:	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km) (at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph))
Complement:	15 officers, 72 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	*1× Decca 1226 surface search radar 1× HSA ZW-06 surface search radar 1× HSA DA-05 air/surface search radar 1× HSA WM-25 fire control radar 1× HSA LIROD-8 optical fire control system STN Atlas DSQS-21C hull mounted sonar
Armament:	Missiles 8× RGM-84 Harpoon SSM (2 quad) launchers 1× octuple Albatros SAM launcher (24 Selenia Aspide missiles) Guns 1× Otobreda 76 mm (3 in) gun 2× Bofors 40 mm ( 1 twin Otobreda mount) 2× 20 mm Oerlikon GAM-B01 cannon Torpedoes 2× Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Sting Ray torpedoes)

Ratanakosin class corvettes are a class of two ships that were built for the Royal Thai Navy in the 1980s. Both ships remain in service.

Units

HTMS Ratanakosin (441)
HTMS Sukhothai (442)

References

↑ Baker 1998, p. 870.

Baker, A. D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets Of The World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.

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