Tomas Batilo-class patrol craft
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = BRP Salvador Abcede (PG-114) 20120708.jpg | Ship caption = BRP Salvador Abcede, a Tomas Batilo-class patrol craft }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Tomas Batilo class | Builders = Korea Tacoma Shipyard, Chinhae, South Korea | Operators = {{navy|PHI}} | Class before = | Class after = {{sclass|Acero|patrol gunboat|1}} | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = | In service range = 1996 - 2020 | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = | Total ships completed = | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = 0 | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = 2 | Total ships retired = 6 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Fast attack craft | Ship tonnage = | Ship displacement = 148 tons full load{{cite book|last=Saunders |first=Stephen |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005 |edition=107th |publisher=Jane's Information Group Ltd |date=2004}}{{cite book |last=Wertheim |first=Eric |title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World |edition=15th |pages=552–53 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |date=2007}} | Ship length = {{convert|121.4|ft|0|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|22.6|ft|0|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{convert|5.6|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = {{convert|5800|hp|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = 2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesel engines at {{convert|6,300|hp|abbr=on}}, 2 shafts (for PG-111,114,116-118AFP Materiel Technical Specification Archives - PN Light Surface Warships [https://kalasagnglahi.angelfire.com/main.html Batilo (Sea Dolphin/PKM 200 'Chamsuri') class Small Patrol Craft (7)] or 2 MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 diesel engines at {{convert|6,000|hp|abbr=on}} (for PG-110, 112, 115). | Ship sail plan = | Ship speed = {{convert|33|kn|km/h|0}} max | Ship range = {{convert|600|nmi|km |
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The Tomas Batilo class was a ship class of eight patrol boats that were previously service of the Philippine Navy. These ships were formerly used by the South Korean Navy as Chamsuri/Wildcat (PKM-200 series) class fast attack crafts. All eight ships have been retired from active service, with two units lost in separate incidents while the rest are in different states of disposal.
History
Formerly Chamsuri - Wildcat class fast attack craft of the South Korean Navy built in the 1970s, with Korean designation as Patrol Killer Medium (PKM). South Korea transferred the former ROKN ships to the Philippine government, with the first batch of five units namely the former PKM-225, 226, 229, 231, and 235 which were handed-over on 15 June 1995, and arrived in Manila in August 1995.{{cite web |website=globalsecurity.org |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/philippines/batillo.htm |title=PG Tomas Batillo Class |accessdate=17 May 2016}}{{cite web |website=naval-technology.com |url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/chamsuriclass/ |title=Chamsuri Class/Patrol Killer Medium Craft |accessdate=17 May 2016}} This batch became the following ships: {{ship|BRP|Tomas Batillo|PG-110|}} ex-PKM 225; {{ship|BRP|Boni Serrano|PG-111}} ex-PKM 226; {{ship|BRP|Bienvenido Salting|PG-112}} ex-PKM 229; {{ship|BRP|Salvador Abcede|PG-114}} ex-PKM 231; and BRP Ramon Aguirre (PG-115) ex-PKM 235. Except for PG-115 which was used as spares after being written-off during a delivery accident, all where commissioned to the Philippine Navy on 22 May 1996.
Another PKM was delivered to the Philippine Navy in 1998 and was originally for spares, but this was activated by the Philippine Navy on 2 July 1998 which became {{ship|BRP|Nicolas Mahusay|PG-116}}.
The South Korean government granted a request by the Philippines to transfer another two units in 2004, and PKM 223 and PKM 232 was handed-over to the Philippine government in 2005, and was transferred from Chinhae Naval Base in Busan, South Korea, to Manila, Philippines, arriving on 30 May 2006. ex-PKM 232 was commissioned as {{ship|BRP|Dionisio Ojeda|PG-117}} in 2007, while PKM 223 was commissioned as {{ship|BRP|Emilio Liwanag|PG-118}} on 15 April 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil.ph/news.php?news_id=303 |title=Philippine fleet celebrates 73rd anniversary, commission’s two vessels and launches new IT based Command Center |publisher=Philippine Navy Naval Public Affairs Office |date=2011-04-14 |accessdate=2012-08-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309165939/http://www.navy.mil.ph/news.php?news_id=303 |archivedate=2012-03-09 }}
Ships in class
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| Pennant number
!Ship name !Acquired !Commissioned !Service !Decommissioned !Status |
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| PG-110
|{{BRP|Tomas Batilo|PG-110|6}} |15 June 1995 |22 May 1996 |Philippine Navy Patrol Force |2003 |Sunk by typhoon in 2003, raised in 2009, sold for scrapSealift MSC August 2009 [http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2009/august/safeguard.htm Safeguard salvages Filipino patrol boat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306065532/http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2009/August/safeguard.htm |date=2013-03-06 }} |
| PC-111
|{{BRP|Bonny Serrano|PC-111|6}} |15 June 1995 |22 May 1996 |Philippine Navy Littoral Combat Force |17 December 2020 |Decommissioned |
| PC-112
|{{BRP|Bienvenido Salting|PC-112|6}} |15 June 1995 |22 May 1996 |Philippine Navy Littoral Combat Force |31 October 2018 |Decommissioned |
| PC-114
|{{BRP|Salvador Abcede|PC-114|6}} |15 June 1995 |22 May 1996 |Philippine Navy Littoral Combat Force |1 March 2021 |Decommissioned |
| PG-115
|{{BRP|Ramon Aguirre|PG-115|6}} |15 June 1995 |N/A |N/A |N/A |Accidentally damaged beyond economic repair during deliveries in 1995. Became parts hulk for sister ships. |
| PC-117
|{{BRP|Dionisio Ojeda|PC-117|6}} |30 May 2006 |2007 |Philippine Navy Littoral Combat Force |June 2016 |Sunk on 21 November 2018 as a target by the Philippine Navy's MPAC weapon system as part of the Navy's weapon demonstration of SPIKE ER.[https://www.manilatimes.net/navy-test-fires-israel-missiles/471582/ Navy test-fires Israeli missile], Dempsey Reyes, The Manila Times, November 22, 2018. |
| PC-118
|{{BRP|Emilio Liwanag|PC-118|6}} |30 May 2006 |15 April 2011 |Philippine Navy Littoral Combat Force |1 March 2021 |Decommissioned |
| PC-119
|{{BRP|Nicolas Mahusay|PC-119|6}} |1998 |2 July 1998 |Philippine Navy Littoral Combat Force |29 January 2020 |Decommissioned. Formerly PG-116 / PC-116 but was renumbered for superstitious reasons. |
Gallery
File:BRP Salvador Abcede (PG 114), BRP Miguel Malvar (PS 19), and BRP IloIlo (PS 32); PCG Pampanga (SARV 003); and USS Vandegrift (FFG 48).jpg|BRP Salvador Abcede with other US and Philippine ships at CARAT Philippines 2012
File:PG-116_CARAT_2008.jpg|BRP Nicolas Mahusay at CARAT Philippines 2008
File:US Navy 090906-N-0120R-068 A Philippine Navy patrol boat and an 11-meter rigid hull inflatable boat operated by members of Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P) search for survivors Sept. 6, 2009.jpg|BRP Dionisio Ojeda during search and rescue operations
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080403021636/http://www.navy.mil.ph/ Philippine Navy Official website]