| Career (Thailand) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HTMS Pattani |
| Operator: | Royal Thai Navy |
| Builder: | China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Shanghai |
| Commissioned: | 2005 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1440 tons full load |
| Length: | 95.5 m |
| Beam: | 11.6 m |
| Draft: | 3.0 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Ruston16RK270 diesel engine, driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | 3500 nmi(6480 km) at 15 knots |
| Complement: | 84 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 x Selex RAN-30X/I multimode surveillance radar with IFF 1 x Rheinmetall TMX/EO fire control radar and optronic director 3 x Raytheon Anschutz NSC-25 SeaScout navigational radar Combat system Atlas Elektronik COSYS combat management system Navigation system Raytheon Anschutz IBS/INS NSC-series Communication system Rohde & Schwarz Integrated Communication system |
| Armament: | 1 x Oto Melara 76/62 Super Rapid 2 x Denel Land Systems GI-2 20mm autocannon 2 x U.S. Ordnance M2HB .50 caliber machine gun 2 x Mk.141 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM launcher |
HTMS Pattani[nb 1] is one of two Pattani-class offshore patrol vessels currently commissioned by the Royal Thai Navy.
Under a May 2002 agreement, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation built the Pattani and her sister ship HTMS Naratiwat at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai.[1] Pattani was launched in 2004 and delivered to the Royal Thai Navy on 16 December 2005.[1]
On 10 September 2010, Pattani and the support ship HTMS Similan departed Sattahip Naval Base with a total of "351 sailors and 20 special warfare troops" to join anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden.[2] "The mission marks the first time Thailand has sent forces overseas to protect its own interest."[2] As part of multi-national Combined Task Force 151, Pattani and especially Similan "disrupted pirate activity" in two separate incidents on 23 October 2010.[3] On 20 January 2011, both ships returned to port after a tour of duty of 137 days.[4]