Cheng Kung class frigate

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ROCS Cheng Kung and ROCS Chi Kuang

The Cheng Kung class frigates are based upon the U.S. Oliver Hazard Perry class and are currently serving in the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy (ROCN). The frigates were produced under license by China Shipbuilding Corporation in Kaohsuing, Taiwan throughout the 1990s as part of the "Kuang Hua 1" project and served as the mainstay of the ROCN's theater air defense prior to the ROCN's acquisition of Keelung (Kidd) class destroyers in 2005.

Plans were made to upgrade the last ship of this class, the Tian Dan to utilize the Aegis combat system, but they were later abandoned due to technical problems and cost.

Displacement: 4,103 tons full
Length: 453 ft
Beam: 46.95 ft
Propulsion:2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 40,000 shp total
Speed: 29 knots
Complement:
- 18 officers
- 180 enlisted
- 19 flight crew
Armament:
- 2 × Mk 13 Missile Launcher with Standard missiles
- 8 × Hsiung Feng II SSM
- 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun
- 2 × Bofos L70/40 mm automatic cannon
- 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
- 3 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 or Mark 50 anti-submarine torpedoes
Sensors:
- AN/SPS-49 air search radar
- SPS-55 surface search radar
- CAS, STIR gun fire control radar
- SQS-56 sonar
  SLQ-32(V)3 Outboard II
- Side-Kick ECM
Aircraft:
- 2 × S-70C-1

ROCS Cheng Kung (成功, FFG-1101) was refitted with 4 x Hsiung Feng III SSMs in early 2006. It is believed all other ships in the class will eventually receive the new missile, so they will end up with 4 x HF-2 and 4 x HF-3 missiles.

Ships in class
Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Home port	Status
ROCS Cheng Kung (成功, FFG-1101)	December 21, 1990	October 5, 1991	May 7, 1993	Tsoying	Active
ROCS Cheng Ho (鄭和, FFG-1103)	October 29, 1991	October 15, 1992	March 28, 1994	Tsoying	Active
ROCS Chi Kuang (繼光, FFG-1105)	October 30, 1992	October 3, 1993	March 4, 1995	Tsoying	Active
ROCS Yueh Fei (岳飛, FFG-1106)	September 5, 1993	August 28, 1994	February 26, 1996	Tsoying	Active
ROCS Tzu I (子儀, FFG-1107)	August 7, 1994	July 13, 1995	January 9, 1997	Tsoying	Active
ROCS Pan Chao (班超, FFG-1108)	July 25, 1995	July 3, 1997	December 16, 1997	Tsoying	Active
ROCS Chang Chien (張騫, FFG-1109)	December 4, 1995	May 14, 1997	December 1, 1998	Tsoying	Active
ROCS Tian Dan (田單, FFG-1110)	February 22, 2001	October 17, 2002	March 11, 2004	Tsoying	Active