ROCS Yueh Fei (FFG-1106)

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Ordered:
Laid down: 5 September 1992
Launched: 26 August 1994
Commissioned: February 1996
Status: Active in service as of 2006.
Homeport: Tsoying
General Characteristics
Displacement: 4,200 tons full
Length: 139 m (454 ft) overall
Beam: 13.7 m (45 ft)
Draft: 5.7 m (19 ft)
Propulsion: 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and controllable-pitch propeller
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nmi. at 18 knots
(9,300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement: 235
Armament: • 8 × Hsiung Feng II SSM;
1 × Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine);
• 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun;
• 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes;
• 2 × 40 mm/70 AA guns;
• 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS;
• 3 × 20 mm guns.
Aircraft: 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters

ROCS Yueh Fei (岳飛, FFG-1106), is a Cheng Kung-class guided-missile frigate of the Republic of China Navy. Yueh Fei was laid down on 5 September 1992 by the China SB Corp., in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, launched on 26 August 1994, and commissioned in February 1996. She is the fourth ship of the Cheng Kung-class frigates.

As of 2005, Yueh Fei is home ported at ROCN Tso-Ying naval base.

[edit] Namesake

Yueh Fei is named after Yueh Fei (岳飛) (1103–1142), who was a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was famous for leading numerous successful defenses of the Southern Song Dynasty against invasions of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty from north.

[edit] Other units of class

Cheng Kung class frigates are all named after famous generals in Chinese history:

  • ROCS Cheng Kung (成功, FFG-1101)
  • ROCS Cheng Ho (鄭和, FFG-1103)
  • ROCS Chi Kuang (繼光, FFG-1105)
  • ROCS Tzu I (子儀, FFG-1107)
  • ROCS Pan Chao (班超, FFG-1108)
  • ROCS Chang Chien (張騫, FFG-1109)
  • ROCS Tian Dan (田單, FFG-1110)



Guided Missile Frigate (FFG)
Cheng Kung class (Oliver Hazard Perry class)

Cheng Kung | Cheng Ho | Chi Kuang | Yueh Fei | Tzu I | Pan Chao | Chang Chien | Tian Dan

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