Chao Phraya-class frigate

HTMS Kraburi underway in 2010
Class overview
Name	Chao Phraya class (Type 053HT / Type 053HT (H))
Builders	Hudong Shipyard, Shanghai
Operators	Royal Thai Navy
Preceded by	Makut Rajakumarn
Succeeded by	Phutthayotfa Chulalok class
Subclasses	Type 053 frigate
Built	1989–1992
In commission	1991–present
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile frigate
Displacement	1,676 long tons (1,703 t) standard 1,924 long tons (1,955 t) full
Length	103.2 m (338 ft 7 in)
Beam	11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	4 × MTU 20V1163 TB83 diesel engines, driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h) max
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	168
Sensors and processing systems	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
Electronic warfare & decoys	ESM Type 923-1 intercept ECM Type 981-3 deception jammer Decoys 2 × Type 945 GPJ chaff launchers
Armament	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
Aircraft carried	1 × Bell 212 (Type 053HT (H) only)
Aviation facilities	Flight deck (Type 053HT (H) only)

The Chao Phraya-class frigate (also referred as Type 053HT and Type 053HT (H)) is a version of the Chinese-built Type 053H2 frigate operated by the Royal Thai Navy.