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Guided-missile frigate
Chao Phraya-class frigate is a guided-missile frigate. It was built by Hudong Shipyard , Shanghai. Reported operators include Royal Thai Navy.
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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephanie Smith · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedChao Phraya class (Type 053HT / Type 053HT (H))
Hudong Shipyard , Shanghai
Royal Thai Navy
Makut Rajakumarn
Phutthayotfa Chulalok class
Type 053 frigate
1989–1992
1991–present
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Guided-missile frigate
1,676 long tons (1,703 t) standard 1,924 long tons (1,955 t) full
103.2 m (338 ft 7 in)
11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
4 × MTU 20V1163 TB83 diesel engines , driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers
30 knots (56 km/h) max
3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
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As built Type 354 Eye Shield air/surface radar Type 352C Square Tie surface search radar Type 343 Sun Visor fire control radar (for 100mm) Type 341 Rice Lamp fire control radar (for 37mm) Racal-Decca 1290 A/D ARPA Navigation radar Anritsu RA 71CA Navigation radar Type 651 IFF Type ZKJ-3 or STN Atlas mini COSYS combat management system Type SJD-5A sonar
ESM Type 923-1 intercept ECM Type 981-3 deception jammer Decoys 2 × Type 945 GPJ chaff launchers
1–2 × 100 mm/56 Type 79 twin-barreled guns 4 × 37 mm Type 76 twin-barreled guns 8 × C-801 SSM launchers 2 × Type 86 anti-submarine rocket launchers 2 × BMB depth charge racks
1 × Bell 212 (Type 053HT (H) only)
Flight deck (Type 053HT (H) only)
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | 103.2 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Chao Phraya-class frigate equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ThailandNavy exact named equipment holdings of Chao Phraya (trg role), Chao Phraya. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / FFG, PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / None. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Family total is the sum of the separately printed nonoverlapping exact model components, each explicitly declared by its own source; no parent or sibling variant identity inferred. The leading printed inventory count is retained; separately stated extra reserve, nonoperational or repair quantities inside parentheses are not added to it and remain verbatim in the excerpt. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.