ROCS Yueh Fei (FFG-1106)
| Career (Republic of China) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | ROCS Yueh Fei |
| Namesake: | Yue Fei |
| Builder: | China Ship Building Corporation, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan |
| Laid down: | 5 September 1992 |
| Launched: | 26 August 1994 |
| Commissioned: | February 1996 |
| Homeport: | Tsoying |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cheng Kung-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,200 long tons (4,267 t) full |
| Length: | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.7 m (45 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) coupled to a single shaft and controllable-pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)+ |
| Range: | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| 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 carried: | 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.
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.
