The ROCS Tuójiāng (PGG-618) at sea.
The Tuójiāng-class corvette (Chinese: 沱江; literally: "Tuo River") is a class of fast and stealthy multi-mission corvette built for the Republic of China Navy. Developed under the Xùn hǎi (Chinese: 迅海; literally: "Swift Sea") program, the Tuójiāng-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 Xióngfēng II and eight supersonic Xióngfēng III missiles. The prototype ROCS Tuójiāng (PGG-618) was launched on March 14th, 2014 and commissioned on December 23th, 2014. Eleven more ships of the class are planned.
Specifications[]
- Type: Corvette
- Service Period: 2014-
- Characteristics:
- Length: 200 feet (60.96 meters)
- Beam: 46 feet (14.02 meters)
- Draught: 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 meters)
- Displacement: 500 tons
- Crew: 41
- Propulsion:
- Range:
- Speed: 41 knots (75.93 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- CS/SPG-6N(S) Surface Search RDF
- Pathfinder ST Mk.2 Navigation RDF
- CS/SPG-6N(T) Fire Control RDF
- Type 2031Z Towed Array ASDIC
- Countermeasures:
- 12 x counter-IR/RF chaff dispensers (6 bow and stern)
- Armament:
- 1 x Otobreda 76mm/62-caliber naval gun
- 8 x Xióngfēng II anti-ship missiles
- 8 x Xióngfēng III anti-ship missiles
- 1 x Goalkeeper 30mm CIWS
- 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes
- Aircraft Carried:
- Aviation Facilities: Flight Deck
Unit Run[]
- ROCS Tuójiāng (PGG-618)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-619)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-620)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-621)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-622)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-623)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-624)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-625)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-626)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-627)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-628)
- ROCS Unnamed (PGG-629)