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Chakri Nareubet Class



Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned
R911 Chakri Nareubet B 12th July 1994 20th February 1996 August 1997


Builders:
B : EN Bazan, Ferrol, Spain

Dimensions:
599' 1" x 73' 10" x 20' 4" / 182.60m x 21.90m x 6.21m

Displacement:
10000 tons std / 11485 tons max

Complement:
601 crew
175 marines

Armament:
2 x 12.7mm machine guns
2 x Mistral SAM launchers

Aircraft Facilities:
The flightdeck measures 572' 4" x 100' 1" and is equipped with two elevators. Up to 14 aircraft can be carried, made up of AV-8S Matadors and SeaKing or Chinook helicopters.

Armour:
None known

Powerplant:
Two LM2500 gas turbines producing a total of 443250shp on two shafts are fitted along with two Bazan-MTU 16V 1163 TB83 diesels producing a total of 12870bhp.

Maximum speed is 26kts on gas turbines and 16kts on diesels. Range is 10000NM @ 10kts on diesels.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
SPS-32C air search
SPS-64 surface search

Sonar:
Hull mounted

Other:
MX1105 GPS navigation

Miscellaneous:
Four SRBOC decoy launchers are fitted as is a SLQ-32 towed decoy.