The Royal Thai Navy launched its newly-build M58 patrol gun boat the HTMS Leamsing on 25 Aug 2015 at Naval Dockyard in Bangkok.
The M58 is armed with a 76mm Oto Melara (compact variant) main gun, one 30mm cannon from MSI Defence and two .50 cal machine guns.
The fire control will be Thales MIRADOR which was controlled by Thales TATICOS combat suite. Elbit's Compass EO / IR will also be installed. The boat will completed the sea trial next year and will be commissioned in patrol fleet.
HTMS Leamsing has a length of 58 meters and width of 9.30 meters, displacement of 520 tons and a maximum speed of 23 knots, an operating distance of not less than 2500 nautical miles and durable sea conditions up to sea level 4 (Sea State 4).
This new class of Patrol Boat is expected to replace Huahin class ships: HTMS Huahin (541), HTMS Klang (542) and HTMS Sriracha (543), which were built by Asian Marine Services and Royal Thai Naval Dockyard.
According to the Navy's Strategic Plan 2008 – 2017 Royal Thai Navy will add this series with another three boat.
(Defense Studies)
Nice good going RTN
BalasHapusI'm surprised as it states sea state 4 I thought being that big it could operate in sea state 5 just look at the Thai Navy patrol boat Tor 111 at 120 tons it can operate in sea stat 5
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