Navy launches third domestically made missile corvette
ROC Central News Agency
02/16/2023 05:46 PM
Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) The Navy on Thursday held a launch ceremony in Yilan County for its third domestically built Tuo Chiang-class corvette, naming it the "Hsu Chiang" after a river in Keelung.
The Tuo Chiang-class corvette is a class of Taiwanese-designed fast and stealthy multi-purpose corvette built by Lungteh Shipbuilding Co. for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy.
A prototype of the corvette named Tuo Chiang (PGG-618) was first commissioned in 2015. Meanwhile, the first full version of the Tuo Chiang-class corvette, the Ta Chiang, was launched in December 2020 and the second one, the Fu Chiang, in September last year.
According to the military, the Hsu Chiang corvette is named after the Hsuchuan River in Keelung.
The Navy is set to build a total of 11 Tuo Chiang-class corvettes by the end of 2026.
Based on a recent Ministry of National Defense report presented to the Legislative Yuan, aside from the prototype, five of the Tuo Chiang-class corvettes will be fitted with eight subsonic Hsiung Feng-II missiles and four supersonic Hsiung Feng-III anti-ship missiles, while the other five warships will come with four Hsiung Feng-IIs and eight Hsiung Feng-IIIs.
That configuration will help meet the operational needs of the Navy, the report said.
(By Matt Yu and Ko Lin)
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