HTMS Taksin

	HTMS Taksin
History
Thailand
Name	HTMS Taksin
Namesake	King Taksin
Builder	China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Shanghai
Laid down	1991
Launched	1993
Commissioned	1995
Status	ship in active service
General characteristics
Type	Naresuan-class frigate
Displacement	2,985 tons full load
Length	120.5 m
Beam	13.7 m
Draught	6 m
Propulsion	1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine and 2 × MTU 20V1163 TB83 diesel engines, driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration.
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h) max
Range	4000 nmi(7408 km) at 18 kn
Complement	150
Sensors &; processing systems	Saab Sea Giraffe AMD 3D surveillance radar; Thales LW08 long range search radar; Raytheon AN/SPS-64 Navigation radar; Selex IFF SIT422CI&M425; Saab 9LV Mk.4 with Saab TIDLS combat management system; 2 × Saab Ceros 200 fire control radar; 1 x Saab EOS 500 electro-optical fire control director; Kelvin Hughes SharpEye™ radar; Atlas DSQS-24d sonar;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	ESM ITT ES-3601 (AN/SLQ-4); ECM Type 984-1 noise jammer&Type 981-3 deception jammer; Decoys Terma SKWS (C-Guard);
Armament	1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk-45 Mod 2 naval artillery gun; 2 × 30mm MSI-DSL DS30MR automated small calibre gun; 8 cell Mk.41 vertical launch system for 32 x RIM-162 ESSM; 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon SSM launcher; 2 × triple 324 mm Mk-32 Mod.5 tubes;
Aircraft carried	1 x Super Lynx 300

HTMS Taksin (FFG-422) (Thai: เรือหลวงตากสิน), hull number 622, commissioned in 1995, is a modified version of the Chinese-made Type 053 frigate, designed and built by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai. Her sister ship, HTMS Naresuan was delivered in November 1995. The ships came at 2 billion baht each, less than the 8 billion baht claimed price tag for Western-built frigates.

The 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 be quickly lost to flooding. The Thai Navy had to spend considerable time and effort to correct some of these issues.