According to Taiwanese media reports, on the morning of December 11, Taiwan's "Coastal Patrol Agency" held the delivery ceremony of the first 600-ton Anping-class patrol ship Anping, the successful naming and launching ceremony of the Anping-class patrol ship No. 2 and the 35-ton The delivery ceremony of the patrol boat PP-3589 was held at Kaohsiung CITIC Shipyard. Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen attended and presided over the ceremony.
Anping ship
According to reports, the Anping-class patrol ship is an improved design based on the Taiwan Army's Tuojiang-class patrol ship. It will be built by Taiwan's CITIC Shipyard. The total number of ships built will reach 12. This class of ship can withstand strong winds up to Beaufort level 9 (76-87 km/h), has a maximum speed of over 44 knots, and is equipped with a high-pressure water cannon with a maximum range of 120 meters.
Taiwan's "Coast Patrol Administration" personnel took a group photo with the Anping ship
Taiwanese media said that the Anping-class patrol ship has the characteristics of peacetime and wartime conversion, and the space and system pipelines are reserved on the ship for the "Xiongfeng-2" and "Xiongfeng-3" anti-ship Missile system is used. It does not carry the missile during normal operations, but in wartime situations, the Taiwan Navy can quickly replace the missile module and send personnel on board to perform missile combat readiness tasks. It can carry up to 16 anti-ship missiles. Officials from Taiwan's Coast Guard said that the pipeline reserved for the missile system had been verified using a simulator earlier. As for the verification of live missile firing, it will be carried out in future exercises.
Anping ship parameters
According to reports, the Anping-class patrol ship is also equipped with a Zhenhai rocket weapon system and a (2-tube) 20mm machine gun remote control turret. The Zhenhai rocket weapon system is equipped with 6 rocket launch nests. Each rocket launch nest has 7 launch tubes. Its effective range is 500 meters. It is mainly responsible for water surface close combat defense tasks. It can be used with the fire control system to perform all-weather surface target search, identification, ranging, tracking and locking, and automatic tracking shooting. In addition, the Zhenhai rocket system can also launch illumination bombs to enhance nighttime search and rescue capabilities. If the patrol ship's own safety is threatened, it can also be equipped with other lethal bomb types.
The fire control system of the remote control turret is set on the bridge. The system integrates navigation equipment such as photoelectric commander, wind speed and direction, ship speed and gyrocompass, and has automatic calculation functions, concentrated fire attack, and automatic target tracking. In other shooting modes, the 20mm cannon has an effective range of 2,000 meters, which can effectively save manpower required for operation and hit targets more accurately.
The Zhenhai rocket weapon system on the Anping ship
In addition, in order to cooperate with the maritime patrol mission, the Anping-class patrol ship has added a rescue operation area on the side and is equipped with a guard rescue boat, which can perform life-saving rescue at sea and boarding of cross-border vessels. and eviction and other services.
It is reported that after the delivery of the Anping ship, Taiwan's "Coast Patrol Fleet Branch" will successively arrange for coast patrol personnel to conduct combat equipment education and training. After completing the live ammunition firing of the weapon system at sea, the Anping ship will join the "Coast Patrol Fleet Branch" in the southern region. Mobile Coast Guard" ranks.
