Friday 2 August 2019

Royal Thai Navy Launch 2nd OPV HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan

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Royal boat building project in Prachuap Khiri Khan


The Navy proposes to approve a project to procure two long-distance surveillance ships. The Navy will operate the ship from the form that the government has used to be self-reliant and develop the ability to build large ships of the fleet. To increase The Royal Thai Navy has appointed a working group to study the remote surveillance ships that the Navy has used in the government, with a resolution to use a boat model HMS Krabi as a basic model for building a new boat. And suggested to improve the defects in various parts that had happened to the long-distance surveillance ships of the Royal Thai Navy, Pattani and HMS Krabi in order to make the new ships Have more appropriate features in response to the Navy's mission

The Royal Thai Navy approved the Royal Shipbuilding Project in Prachuap Khiri Khan as the Chalermprakiat By this boat building project in Prachuap Khiri Khan As part of the development of combat forces according to the Navy strategy purpose To strengthen the capabilities of the Navy in the preservation of national interests, maritime law enforcement in the sea, and surface water operations, as well as finding and assisting victims in the sea and supporting other naval operations

Implementation of the Royal Shipbuilding Project in Prachuap Khiri Khan

The duration of the project is 4 years (from fiscal year 2016 - 2018) divided into 2 phases.

Phase 1: The supply of a specific vessel system, consisting of 1 model and package for building a boat With support systems for logistics, integration and technical services Processing period from 2016 to 2018

Phase 2: Provision of control systems, command and monitoring and weapons systems Processing period from 2016 to 2018

A common feature of the ship  (Ship System Performance). 

Length of  60.50  meters  , width  13.5 meters
The length of the water line is 83.00  meters,  the water level is  3.80 meters.
Water drove at least  1,60  tons
Maximum speed not less than  23.00  knots
Operating not less than 3,500 nautical miles with a traveling speed of not less than 15 knots.
Can support a helicopter size of 11.5 tons, one ship
Able to operate in the open sea Can be continued for at least 14 days without the need for logistics
Able to operate at sea level 5

Ship weapon system

Automatic gun size 9/2 mm, 2 systems
30 mm machine gun, 2 units of single platform
0.50 inch M2 machine gun,  2 cylinders
The weapon system releasing the ground path to Harpoon. There are 1 system consisting of 2 platforms, each with 4 tubes.
Control system, command and monitoring  of 1 system
Decoy launcher (Decoy Launcher)  2 platform.

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