HTMS Naresuan
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = HTMS Naresuan in Hong Kong.JPG | Ship caption = Frigate Naresuan (FFG 421) }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Thailand | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Thailand|naval}} | Ship name = HTMS Naresuan | Ship namesake = King Naresuan | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Shanghai | Ship laid down = 1991 | Ship launched = July 1993 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 15 December 1994 | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship captured = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship fate = | Ship motto = | Ship status = In service | Ship homeport = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Naresuan|frigate}} | Ship displacement = 2,985 tons full load | Ship length = {{cvt|120.5|m|ftin}} | Ship beam = {{cvt|13.7|m|ftin}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{cvt|6|m|ftin}} | Ship draft = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = 1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine and 2 × MTU 20V1163 TB83 diesel engines, driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration | Ship speed = {{convert|32|kn|lk=in}} max | Ship range = {{cvt|4000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{cvt|18|kn}} | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship troops = | Ship complement = 150 | Ship crew = | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = *Saab Sea Giraffe AMD 3D surveillance radar
| Ship EW = *ESM ITT ES-3601 (AN/SLQ-4)
| Ship armament = *1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk-45 Mod 2 naval artillery gun
| Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 x Super Lynx 300 | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = }} |
HTMS Naresuan (FFG-421) ({{langx|th|เรือหลวงนเรศวร}}), commissioned in 1995, is a modified version of the Chinese-made Type 053 frigate, corporately designed between Royal Thai Navy and China but built by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai. Her sister ship, {{ship|HTMS|Taksin}} was delivered in November 1995. The ships cost 2 billion baht each.
The Royal Thai Navy complained of the poor quality of the ships. The ship's damage control system was very limited, with very basic fire suppression systems. It was claimed that if the ship's hull was breached, the ship would quickly be lost to flooding. The Thai Navy had to spend considerable time and effort to correct some of these issues.{{cite web|title=NARESUAN (TYPE 25T) (FFG)|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/thailand/naresuan.htm|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=7 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925172438/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/thailand/naresuan.htm|archive-date=25 September 2006|url-status=live}}
Upgrade
On 3 June 2011, Saab announced{{cite news | title = Saab receives order from Thailand regarding the upgrading of combat management system and fire control systems | date = 3 June 2011 | publisher = Saab | url = http://www.saabgroup.com/About-Saab/Newsroom/Press-releases--News/2011---6/Saab-receives-order-from-Thailand-regarding-upgrading-of-combat-management-and-fire-control-systems/ | access-date = 3 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714172719/http://www.saabgroup.com/About-Saab/Newsroom/Press-releases--News/2011---6/Saab-receives-order-from-Thailand-regarding-upgrading-of-combat-management-and-fire-control-systems/ | archive-date = 14 July 2014 | url-status = dead }} that it had been awarded a contract for the upgrading of the two Naresuan-class frigates. The scope of the upgrade included Saab's 9LV MK4 combat management system, Sea Giraffe AMB, CEROS 200 fire control radar, EOS 500 electro-optics system and data link systems for communications with the newly acquired Royal Thai Air Force Erieye surveillance aircraft.
On 8 August 2012, DSCA announced{{cite news | title = Thailand – Evolved SEASPARROW Missiles (ESSM) | date = 8 August 2012 | publisher = DSCA | url = http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/thailand-%E2%80%93-evolved-seasparrow-missiles-essm | access-date = 21 July 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055351/http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/thailand-%E2%80%93-evolved-seasparrow-missiles-essm | archive-date = 21 September 2013 | url-status = live }} Thailand's intention to acquire the Evolved Sea Sparrow (ESSM) missile and associated equipment to upgrade the frigates and a Letter of Offer and Acceptance was signed{{cite news | title = Royal Thai Navy joins nations using Evolved SeaSparrow Missile | date = 14 January 2013 | publisher = Raytheon | url = http://investor.raytheon.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=84193&p=irol-newsArticle&id=1773997 | access-date = 21 July 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170508195638/http://investor.raytheon.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=84193&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1773997 | archive-date = 8 May 2017 | url-status = live }} with Raytheon on 14 January 2013.
Service history
On 30 August 2015, the ESSM was fired from Naresuan during Exercise CARAT 2015.{{cite news | title = Thailand fired ESSM from its Chinese-made Type 053 frigate for first time | date = 30 August 2015 | url = http://alert5.com/2015/09/01/thailand-fired-essm-from-its-chinese-made-type-053-frigate-for-first-time/ | access-date = 21 July 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151018132009/http://alert5.com/2015/09/01/thailand-fired-essm-from-its-chinese-made-type-053-frigate-for-first-time/ | archive-date = 18 October 2015 | url-status = live }}
During a network centric exercise of the Royal Thai Navy in March 2021 networked data links were established between Gripen fighters and Naresuan, {{ship|HTMS|Taksin}} and {{ship|HTMS|Chakri Naruebet}} for the first time.{{cite web |title=RTAF Gripen Participates in Network Centric Exercise |url=https://www.saab.com/newsroom/stories/2021/march/rtaf-gripen-participates-in-network-centric-exercise |date=2021-09-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210905155733/https://www.saab.com/newsroom/stories/2021/march/rtaf-gripen-participates-in-network-centric-exercise |archive-date=5 September 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=5 September 2021 }}
On 23 May 2022, Naresuan, {{ship|HTMS|Bangpakong|FFG-456|2}}, a Type 053HT frigate, and {{ship|HTMS|Kraburi||2}}, a sister ship to Bangpakong, participated in the 28th Annual CARAT exercise with the US Navy's 7th Fleet.{{cite web |url=https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/05/26/us-navy-and-royal-thai-navy-conduct-carat-exercise/ |title=US Navy and Royal Thai Navy conduct CARAT exercise |work=navaltoday.com |first=Fatima |last=Bahtić |date=26 May 2022 |access-date=2 June 2022}}
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