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 Philippines |
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| Name | BRP Diego Silang |
| Namesake | Diego Silang y Andaya, Filipino revolutionary leader |
| Ordered | 28 December 2021[1] |
| Builder | Hyundai Heavy Industries |
| Cost | PH₱12.5 billion (~US$250M) |
| Laid down | 14 June 2024 |
| Launched | scheduled December 2024 |
| Commissioned | scheduled late 2025 |
| Identification | FF-07 |
| Status | Construction ongoing |
| General characteristics |
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| Class and type | Miguel Malvar-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,200 tonnes |
| Length | 118.4 m (388 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 14.9 m (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) |
| Depth | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power | 4 × MTU-STX diesel generators |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Endurance | 20 days |
Boats & landing
craft carried | 2 × RHIB |
| Complement | TBC |
Sensors and
processing systems |
- Combat system:
- Hanwha Systems Naval Shield Baseline 4 Integrated Combat Management System[1]
- Search radar:
- EL/M-2258 ALPHA S-band 3D AESA multifunction radar[1][2]
- Navigation radar:
- Kelvin Hughes SharpEye I-band & E/F-band radars[1][3]
- Fire control radar:
- Selex ES NA-25X fire control radar
- Electro-Optical Tracking System:
- Safran PASEO XLR electro-optical[1][4]
- Tactical Data Link:
- Hanwha Systems Link P (Link K Derivative)
- Link 16 LOS datalink (planned)
- Link 22 BLOS datalink (planned)
- Sonar:
- ELAC Sonar Hunter 2.0 medium frequency active/passive hull mounted sonar
- Thales CAPTAS-1 Towed Array Sonar (planned)
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Electronic warfare
& decoys |
- RESM:
Elbit Systems Elisra Aquamarine R-ESM and C-ESM suite
- Countermeasures:
2 × Terma C-Guard DL-12T decoy launchers
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| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × medium naval helicopter |
| Aviation facilities |
- flight deck for a 12t helicopter
- enclosed hangar (starboard side) for 10t helicopter
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BRP Diego Silang (FF-07) is the second ship of her class of guided missile frigates of the Philippine Navy. She is the second ship to be named after Diego Silang y Andaya, a Filipino revolutionary leader who fought against Spanish colonial rule.
The ship is currently under construction HD Hyundai's shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, and is scheduled for delivery to the Philippine Navy by 2025. The ship is expected to be commissioned with the Philippine Navy's Offshore Combat Force by late 2025 or early 2026.
Construction and design
The BRP Diego Silang was designed and built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) of South Korea, and is based on the shipbuilder's HDC/HDF-3200 design, which in turn was a re-designed and enlarged HDF-2600 design used for the Jose Rizal-class frigate already in service with the Philippine Navy. The design was heavily influenced by the base design of the Incheon-class frigate built for the Republic of Korea Navy, but with heavy design developments and features found on newer newer frigates of the R.O.K. Navy, considering reduced radar cross-section by having cleaner lines, smooth surface design, reduced overhangs and a low free-board.
The ship held its First Steel Cutting Ceremony on 22 November 2023 at HD HHI's facility in Ulsan, South Korea.[1]
Keel Laying Ceremony on 14 June 2024, which was held a few days before the launching of its sistership, the future BRP Miguel Malvar (FF-06).[1]
The ship is scheduled to be launched by December 2024.[6]
See also
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