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HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadejlarger figure on 1 of 3
Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593)larger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source124.1 m[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej | Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593) |
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| Displacement | 3,700 tons full load[source] | 6,700 tons[source] |
| Name | HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej[source] | Carabiniere[source] |
| Namesake | King Bhumibol Adulyadej[source] | Carabiniere[source] |
| Ordered | 2013[source] | — |
474.41 ft (144.6 m)[source]
at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[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]
CODLAG 1 × 32 MW gas turbine General Electric/Avio LM2500+G4 2 × 2.5 MW electric motors Jeumont Electric 4 × diesel generators VL 1716 (T2ME series by 2,15 MW everyone, on first two frigate; HPCR series by 2,8 MW everyone, since the third frigate) 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering , Busan, South Korea[source] | Fincantieri , Riva Trigoso and Muggiano[source] |
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| Cost | 482 Million USD or 14,997 Million THB[source] | — |
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| Laid down | 15 May 2016[source] | 6 April 2011[source] |
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| Launched | 23 January 2017[source] | 29 March 2014[source] |
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| Commissioned | 7 January 2019[source] | 28 April 2015[source] |
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| Identification | 471[source] | MMSI number : 247321700 Callsign : Pennant number : F 593[source] |
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| Status | In service[source] | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate[source] | Carlo Bergamini -class frigate[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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| Sensors & processing systems | 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] | Leonardo Kronos Grand Naval (MFRA) Active electronically scanned array radar CAPTAS-4 towed-array sonar UMS 4110 CL hull-mounted sonar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 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 | 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] | 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 MBDA Aster 15 and 30 missiles 2 × Leonardo OTO Melara 76/62 mm Davide/Strales CIWS guns 2 × Leonardo Oto Melara / Oerlikon KBA 25/80 mm remote weapon systems 4 × MBDA Teseo Mk-2/A anti-ship and land attack missiles 4 × MBDA MILAS anti-submarine missiles 2 x triple Leonardo (WASS) B-515/3 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes 2 x SITEP MASS CS-424 acoustic guns[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | 1 × S-70B Seahawk or MH-60S Knight hawk[source] | Double hangar[source] |
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| Role | lead ship of her class of frigates for the Royal Thai Navy ,[source] | — |
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| Home port | — | Taranto[source] |
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| Motto | — | Nei secoli fedele (Forever faithful)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × SH90 1 × SH90 1 × AW101 (armed with MU 90 torpedoes or MBDA Marte Mk2/S missiles)[source] |
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| Used by | — | Italian Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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