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Helicopter carrier (current classification) Light aircraft carrier (previous classification)
HTMS Chakri Naruebet is a helicopter carrier (current classification) Light aircraft carrier (previous classification). It was built by Bazán , Ferrol, Spain.
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Chakri Naruebet
Sovereign of the Chakri Dynasty
27 March 1992
Bazán , Ferrol, Spain
US$285 million (1993)
12 July 1994
20 January 1996
27 March 1997
Sattahip Naval Base
911
Rule The Sky, Rule The Sea (ครองเวหา ครองนที)
in active service
Helicopter carrier (current classification) Light aircraft carrier (previous classification)
11,486 long tons (11,670 t ) full load
182.65 m (599 ft 3 in) ( oa ) 174.1 m (571 ft 2 in) ( flight deck ) 164.1 m (538 ft 5 in) ( pp )
22.5 m (73 ft 10 in) (waterline) 30.5 m (100 ft 1 in) maximum
6.12 m (20 ft 1 in)
2 × GE LM2500 gas turbines providing 22,125 shp (16,499 kW ) 2 × Bazán-MTU 16V1163 TB83 diesel engines providing 5,600 bhp (4,200 kW) 2 × shafts with 5-bladed propellers
25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) (maximum)
10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Up to 675
62 officers 393 sailors 146 aircrew
Hughes SPS-52 C air search radar, E/F band 2 × Kelvin-Hughes 1007 navigational radars
Decoys: 4 × SRBOC decoy launchers SLQ-32 towed decoy
2 × 12.7mm machine guns 3 × sextuple Sadral launchers for Mistral surface-to-air missiles 4 x 20mm Rheinmetall Mk 20 Rh-202 autocannons
6 Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters 2 (+4) MH-60S Knighthawk Up to 14 additional helicopters when required
174.6-by-27.5-metre (573 by 90 ft) flight deck 12° ski-jump Hangar space for 10 aircraft
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HTMS Chakri Naruebet equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ThailandNavy exact named Chakri Naruebet equipment holdings under PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS, CVH. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. This is the named service only, not a national or parent-force total, factory production, ordered future units or combat-readiness measure. Weapons per vessel, crews, payloads and capacity counts are excluded. The source lists one carrier; embarked aircraft capacity and three missile launchers do not become national aircraft or missile holdings.