ROCS Yueh Fei (FFG-1106)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 5 September 1992 |
| Launched: | 26 August 1994 |
| Commissioned: | February 1996 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| 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)
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