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German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)larger figure on 2 of 2
HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadejlarger figure on 0 of 2
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Length
Single source149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) | HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej |
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| Name | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] | HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej[source] |
| Namesake | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] | King Bhumibol Adulyadej[source] |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Lürssen , Wolgast Blohm+Voss , Hamburg[source] | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering , Busan, South Korea[source] |
124.1 m[source]
standard crew: 110
Single source190 (standard crew: 110)[source]
Range
Single source4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)[source]
CODLAG 1 × 20 MW gas turbine 2 × 4.7 MW electric motors 4 × 2.9 MW diesel generators 3 × gearboxes : one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster[source]
4 × Ship Service Power Generation (Each of Rated output
Single sourceTotal output
Single source4 × Ship Service Power Generation (Each of 830 kW Rated output) Total output: 3,320 kW[source]
2 × Diesel engine MTU 16V1163 M94 8,000 horsepower, each producing 5,920 kilowatts (7,940 bhp) Total output: 11,840 kW (15,880 bhp) 1 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine 29,000 horsepower, each producing 25,100 kW (33,600 shp)[source]
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| Laid down | 29 January 2015[source] | 15 May 2016[source] |
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| Launched | 24 May 2017[source] | 23 January 2017[source] |
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| Acquired | 28 January 2022[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 13 July 2022[source] | 7 January 2019[source] |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 211923000 Callsign : DRAG Pennant number : F225[source] | 471[source] |
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| Status | In active service[source] | In service[source] |
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| Class & type | Baden-Württemberg -class frigate[source] | Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB , capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)[source] | — |
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| Capacity | Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Cassidian TRS-4D AESA radar 2(?) × navigation radars IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 communications systems[source] | 1 × Sea Giraffe 4A AESA long range surveillance radar, Instrumented range: 350 km 1 × Saab SEA GIRAFFE AMB medium range 3D surveillance radar, Instrumented range: 180 km 1 × Wartsila X-band Navigation radar 1 × Wartsila S-band Navigation radar 1 × Tactical Air Navigation System 1 × Surveillance camera 2 × Saab CEROS 200 fire control radar 1 × Saab EOS 500 Electro Optical Fire Control 1 × Atlas ASO DSQS-24 Hull Mounted Sonar 1 × Atlas ELEKTRONIK ACTAS Towed Array Sonar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM[source] | 1 × Harris ES-3601 Radar-ESM 1 × R&F DDF-255 Communication-ESM 2 x 12 Terma Decoy DL-12T 6 × 4 Terma Decoy Mk.137 Decoy Launchers for Canto-V Active-offboard ECM Mk 234 Nulka anti-ship missile decoy system Naval Group CANTO-V anti-torpedo decoy system[source] |
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| Armament | Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole -NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Anti-air missiles: 2 × RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/ CIWS , 21 cells each Anti-ship missiles : 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons[source] | 1 × Otomelara 76/62 Super Rapid Stealth Shield 2 × MSI Defence DS30M Mk.2 2 × M2HB Browning .50 caliber guns 1 × 20 mm Mk.15 Phalanx Block-1B CIWS 2 × 4 RGM-84L Block II Harpoon anti-ship missile 2 × 3 SEA Torpedo Launching System Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo 8-cell Mk. 41 VLS containing/or mixture of: 32 × RIM-162 ESSM Block II in quadpacked max loadout[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × NH-90 helicopters[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification | — |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Ordered | — | 2013[source] |
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| Cost | — | 482 Million USD or 14,997 Million THB[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 4,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (7,408 km at 33 km/h)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | 1 × S-70B Seahawk or MH-60S Knight hawk[source] |
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| Role | — | lead ship of her class of frigates for the Royal Thai Navy ,[source] |
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