Ratanakosin-class corvette

HTMS Sukhothai
Class overview
NameRatanakosin class
BuildersTacoma Boatbuilding Company
Operators Royal Thai Navy
Succeeded byKhamronsin class
Built1984–1986
In commission1986–present
Planned3
Completed2
Cancelled1
Active1
Lost1
General characteristics
TypeCorvette
Displacement
  • 840 t (830 long tons) (normal)
  • 960 t (940 long tons) (full load)
Length76.82 m (252 ft 0 in)
Beam9.55 m (31 ft 4 in)
Draft2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
Installed power12,000 kW (16,000 bhp)
Propulsion
  • 2 × MTU 20V1163 TB83 diesel engines,
  • 2 × shafts
Speed26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement15 officers, 72 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × Decca 1226 surface-search radar
  • 1 × HSA ZW-06 surface-search radar
  • 1 × HSA DA-05 air/surface-search radar
  • 1 × HSA WM-25 fire-control radar
  • 1 × HSA LIROD-8 optical fire-control system
  • STN Atlas DSQS-21C hull-mounted sonar
Armament

The Ratanakosin-class corvettes (Thai: รัตนโกสินทร์) are a class of two corvettes that were built for the Royal Thai Navy in the 1980s. Constructed by Tacoma Boatbuilding Company in the United States, a third was planned to be built in Thailand but was canceled before construction could begin. The Ratanakosin class is used as flagships for squadrons of fast attack craft.

One of the two, Sukhothai, sank in a storm on 18 December 2022.