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|Ship displacement = 567 tonnes full load <ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.usni.org/2014/12/24/taiwan-navy-takes-delivery-first-stealth-carrier-killer-corvette |title=Taiwan Navy Takes Delivery of First Stealth ‘Carrier Killer’ Corvette |last=LaGrone |first=Sam |date= December 24, 2014 |work= [[United States Naval Institute]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Taiwan highlights new features, further development for Tuo Jiang stealth corvette|url=http://www.janes.com/article/53734/taiwan-highlights-new-features-further-development-for-tuo-jiang-stealth-corvette|website=janes}}</ref> |
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|Ship EW = 12 counter-IR/RF [[chaff]] dispensers (6 bow and stern)<ref name="defensenews31dec14">[http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/ships/2014/12/31/taiwan-navy-catamaran-corvette/21097169/ Taiwan Navy Accepts New Catamaran] - Defensenews.com, 31 December 2014</ref> |
|Ship EW = 12 counter-IR/RF [[chaff]] dispensers (6 bow and stern)<ref name="defensenews31dec14">[http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/ships/2014/12/31/taiwan-navy-catamaran-corvette/21097169/ Taiwan Navy Accepts New Catamaran] - Defensenews.com, 31 December 2014</ref> |
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|Ship armament = 8 × [[Hsiung Feng II]] <br>8 × [[Hsiung Feng III]] <br>1 × [[Otobreda 76 mm]] <br> 1 × [[Phalanx CIWS]] <br>2 × 12.7mm [[M2 Browning|Browning M2HB]] <br>2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo launcher (one port and one starboard)<ref name="defensenews31dec14"/> |
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Revision as of 14:19, 20 August 2015
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Tuo Chiang class |
| Builders | LUNG TEH Shipbuilding, Yilan County, Taiwan |
| Operators |  Republic of China Navy |
| Preceded by | Gin Chiang patrol boat |
| Cost | NT$2.2 billion (US$72.39 million)[1] |
| Built | 2012- |
| In commission | 2014- |
| Planned | 12 |
| Active | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Coastal Corvette |
| Displacement | 567 tonnes full load [2][3] |
| Length | 60.4 m (198 ft)(Length on cushion) |
| Beam | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Draught | 2.3 m (7.5 ft) |
| Propulsion | 4 x MJP CSU 850 waterjet |
| Speed | 43 knots (80 km/h) (fully armed) |
| Complement | 41(including officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems | list error: <br /> list (help) Navigational Radar CS/SPG-6N(S) Surface Search Radar Towed-Array Sonar 1 x CS/SPG-6N(T) Fire Control Radar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | 12 counter-IR/RF chaff dispensers (6 bow and stern)[4] |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 8 × Hsiung Feng II 8 × Hsiung Feng III 1 × Otobreda 76 mm 1 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × 12.7mm Browning M2HB 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo launcher (one port and one starboard)[4] |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck,[4] primarily for VERTREP |
The Tuo Chiang class corvette (Chinese: 沱江; lit. 'Tuo River') is a class of fast and stealthy multi-mission corvette built for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy. Developed under the Hsun Hai (Chinese: 迅海; lit. 'Swift Sea') program, the Tuo Chiang class corvette is intended to take over some of the lower-intensity missions currently undertaken by larger and more-expensive frigates and destroyers as well as, in wartime, to function as an asymmetrical counter to larger warships of any hostile navy. This class is thus designed to possess superior seakeeping than ROCN's previous and current patrol craft while also being capable of hit-and-run tactics and armed with a total of sixteen anti-ship missiles (AShM), including eight subsonic Hsiung Feng II and eight supersonic Hsiung Feng III missiles. The prototype ROCS Tuo Chiang (PG-618) was launched on March 14, 2014[5] and commissioned on December 23, 2014. Eleven more ships of the class are planned.
Development
The program was announced by the Ministry of National Defense (MND) on April 12, 2010.[6] Local media has dubbed the vessel as a "Carrier Killer" due to it being armed with supersonic anti-ship missiles. As Tuo Chiang class is designed to address common weakness of traditional small warships such as patrol craft and corvettes (namely poor seakeeping, a significant handicap for warships expected to sortie for extended periods of time in rough seas around Taiwan), it is expected to be armed along the line of such vessels as well, with domestically-designed subsonic Hsiung Feng II and supersonic Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missiles (AShM) as its primary armament.
Developed by the Naval Shipbuilding Center in Kaohsiung, concept images of the vessel were first made public at the Republic of China Armed Forces Museum in Taipei. The concept shows a wave-piercing catamaran armed with eight subsonic Hsiung Feng II and eight supersonic Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missiles launchers, a Phalanx Close-In Weapons System, and a 76mm main gun.[6]
Sources indicate that the vessel will be 60.4m long and capable of cruising up to 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph). Taiwan Security Analysis Center (TAISAC) stated that the ship will be featuring technologies to help evade radar detection, a combat system that include a distributed-architecture combat direction system developed by the military-run Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology "together with an indigenous search/track and fire-control radar and electro-optical director", according to TAISAC director Fu S. Mei.[7][8][9] On December 14, 2010 the ROCN has explained that the program has been delayed due to lack of budget.[10]
In 2011, the Taiwanese Legislative Yuan approved a NT$24.98 billion (US$853.4 million) budget to fund the construction of up to 12 ships.[11]
On April 18, 2011 a top military officer and a lawmaker announced that the construction of a 500 ton prototype wil begin in 2012.[12] In the Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition in 2013, the Navy unveiled a model of the Hsun Hai project corvette.[13]
The prototype of the Hsun Hai program was named and christened on Friday, March 14, 2014 as ROCS Tuo Chiang (PG-618) in honor of the gunboat that was a combatant in the 9-2 Sea Battle during Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.[14]
The christened vessel will have a maximum speed of 38 knots and a range of 2,000 nautical miles. It is 60.4 meters in length and 14 meters wide, carries a crew of 41 personnel, is armed with eight Hsiung Feng II sub-sonic anti-ship missiles, eight Hsiung Feng III super-sonic anti-ship missiles, a 76mm main gun (Mk 75 with locally-designed and -refitted low-observable gunhouse exterior) and a 20mm CIWS.[15] The ship can operate up to sea state 7 in waves up to 20–30 ft (6.1–9.1 m) high.[4]
On December 23, 2014 during the ship's handover ceremony to the ROCN, Yen Ming, the then Minister of National Defense, declared that this corvette is without a doubt the fastest and the strongest in Asia.[16]
Ships of Class
| Number | Pennant Number | Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Status |
| 1 | 618 | 沱江/ Tuo Jiang | Lung Teh shipyard, Su-ao | 14 March 2014 [5] | 23 December 2014[17] | Active. |
References
- ^ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/10/28/2003603112
- ^ LaGrone, Sam (24 December 2014). "Taiwan Navy Takes Delivery of First Stealth 'Carrier Killer' Corvette". United States Naval Institute.
- ^ "Taiwan highlights new features, further development for Tuo Jiang stealth corvette". janes.
- ^ a b c d Taiwan Navy Accepts New Catamaran - Defensenews.com, 31 December 2014
- ^ a b http://www.janes.com/article/35351/taiwan-launches-first-carrier-killer-stealth-missile-corvette
- ^ a b Cole, J. Michael (12 April 2012). "'Carrier killer' program goes ahead". Taipei Times. Taipei. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2010/04/13/Taiwan-shows-images-of-carrier-killer/UPI-94971271173599/
- ^ http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Taiwan_developing_carrier_killer_for_navy_report_999.html
- ^ http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4588116
- ^ http://www.china-defense-mashup.com/taiwan-navy-asked-to-explain-apparent-ship-plan-delay.html
- ^ http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=11&id=20140314000089
- ^ http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6266835.html
- ^ https://www.tadte.com.tw/en_US/industry/news/info.html?id=EB027BC3EA278639
- ^ http://udn.com/NEWS/BREAKINGNEWS/BREAKINGNEWS1/8546874.shtml
- ^ http://sunponyboy.pixnet.net/blog/post/357869393
- ^ http://udn.com/NEWS/BREAKINGNEWS/BREAKINGNEWS1/9146433.shtml
- ^ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/12/24/2003607480