Navy officially welcomes HTMS Ang Thong to fleet

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Mooie prijs voor zo'n schip.

omgerekend in 2009 euro's was dat toen: € 106 miljoen. huidige koersis 121 miljoen Euro's. En dat is dus inclusief de wapensystemen commandocentrale etc.

WEAPONS
Anti-Surface and Anti-Air Self Defence Systems include :-
• 76mm Oto Melara Super Rapid Naval Gun
• 2 x Mistral Surface-to-Air Missile System
• Gun Fire Control System
• Electro – Optic Director
• 2 x 0.5 inch Machine Gun

NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
• Sophisticated navigation systems fitted – Gyro;
Speed-Log; Echo-Sounder; Differential Global
Positioning System.
• Fully Integrated Bridge Console built into
cockpit include :-
- Dynamic Ship Control System
- Ship Control Monitoring and Management
System
- Electronic Chart Display Information System
- Advanced Surveillance Radar
- Navigation Radar

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Meer ino over de Endurance Class van ST Marine.

http://www.stengg.com/upload/572N81fXA1DTA3OViRd.pdf

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ST MARINE DELIVERS 141M LANDING PLATFORM DOCK TO ROYAL THAI NAVY

Singapore, 3 April 2012 – ST Marine today held a ceremony for preliminary acceptance and delivery of the 141m Landing Platform Dock (LPD), which it designed and built for Royal Thai Navy at its Benoi yard.  The ceremony held in the morning was graced by Admiral Surasak Rounroengrom, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, and His Excellency Mr Marut Jitpatima, Ambassador of Thailand to Singapore.

The design of the LPD is proprietary to ST Marine and is based on its Endurance Class of LPDs.  The design is proven by the four 141m Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) that ST Marine built for theRepublicofSingapore Navy.  The LSTs have been deployed successfully on many occasions to provide peacekeeping duties in the Gulf, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts during the 2004 Indonesian tsunami and more recently as part of the international anti-piracy Combined Task Force in the Gulf of Aden.

With a displacement of about 7600 tonnes, the LPD has a well-dock with a stern as well as a side ramp designed for expedient embarkation and disembarkation of equipment and personnel.  This versatile vessel is capable of supporting myriad missions, ranging from sea transportation, naval support operations, civil search and rescue to disaster relief missions.  To support these missions, its heli-deck can land up to two medium-sized helicopters of about 10-tonnes each.

ST Marine secured this contract worth some S$200m, to design and build this LPD as well as two units of 23m Landing Craft Mechanised and two units of 13m Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel.  Work for the LPD commenced in mid 2009 and the vessel was launched in March last year.  After going through the mandatory and comprehensive acceptance sea trials, the LPD is now ready to sail to its base in Thailand for the final acceptance trials.  Final delivery of the LPD is expected to be by 2Q2012.

"I would like to express my sincere gratitude to ST Marine for their efficient supervision and construction of the ship as well as their kind support to the Royal Thai Navy personnel throughout the period when they were working here at the yard." ~ Admiral Surasak Rounroengrom, Commander-in-Chief, Royal Thai Navy

"ST Marine has always pride itself on our design capability as well as being able to deliver quality ships and excellent services to our customers.  Through this LPD programme, we hope to be able to continue to build on our precious relationships with the Kingdom of Thailand and Royal Thai Navy in the years to come.  We are very proud that we have once again delivered on our promise." ~ NG Sing Chan, President, ST Marine

http://www.stengg.com/press-centre/press-releases/st-marine-delivers-141m-landing-platform-dock-to-royal-thai-navy

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 Wat meer info over de HTMS Ang Thong.

New vessel joins fleet

The Royal Thai Navy will today add a new vessel to its fleet.

Built at a cost of 4.94 billion baht in Singapore, HTMS Ang Thong is intended to serve as a support vessel for the navy's aircraft carrier, HTMS Chakri Naruebet which has been in service for about 15 years.

HTMS Ang Thong, a landing platform dock ship built by Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd, is expected to arrive in Sattahip district of Chon Buri today.

The core future mission of HTMS Chakri Naruebet will be to assist in operations to rescue victims of disasters at sea.

The new ship has a displacement of about 7,600 tonnes and can reach a maximum cruising speed of 20 knots. The vessel will be able to stay at sea for at least 45 days and can carry about 500 personnel.

HTMS Ang Thong has a flight deck that can accommodate two Sea Hawk helicopters or one CH-47 Chinook.

The ship's deck can also carry up to 15 M60 Patton main battle tanks or 19 amphibious assault vehicles.

Its well dock has stern and side ramps for the quick embarkation or disembarkation of troops and equipment.

HTMS Ang Thong is also equipped with two landing craft.

Each are 13 metres long and can carry as many as 36 troops.

The vessel's armaments include systems using technology from Denmark, Italy and Britain.

The official welcoming ceremony for the new ship will be held on Thursday.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/289107/new-vessel-joins-fleet

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The Royal Thai Navy officially receives its new landing platform dock ship,HTMS Ang Thong , at Laem Thien Port, at Sattahip naval base in Chon Buri yesterday. Thailand's first ship of this kind was built in Singapore at a cost of 4.94 billion baht.



Royal Thai Fleet commander Kanat Thongpoon said buying HTMS Ang Thong was worthwhile as it had a displacement of 7,600 tonnes and could carry up to 360 personnel for landing operations and 30 administrative officers.

It will be deployed during the US-Thai Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) exercise next month and on a peace-keeping mission together with HTMSSimilan to tackle Somali pirates next year.

According to Adm Kanat, HTMSAng Thong is also suitable for rescue missions because it has a sick bay, a minor operation room and a dentist room and has doctors on board.

The navy needs more landing ships, of this type he said. It has decommissioned five old auxiliary vessels and HTMS Ang Thong is the only replacement so far. The navy plans to order more ships of the same type.

According to HTMS Ang Thong commander Teerasan Khongman, the new landing craft has a well dock to conveniently launch tanks and boats. It can carry four landing craft with vehicles and personnel.

Also welcomed at the ceremony yesterday were the ship's crew numbering about 150 officers and men.

HTMS Ang Thong's crew members started training on the ship in Singapore two months ago and they will be ready for drills next month. In the Carat exercise, the ship will be used to receive and launch helicopters and amphibious assault vehicles.

Bangkok Post,
Published: 20/04/2012 at 01:57 AM