New Tiawanese LCS in construction

SpudmanWP

The Bunker Group
ROC Navy unveils "High Efficiency Wave Piercing Catamaran" at TADTE 2013 show

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]At TADTE 2013, the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition, ROC Navy (Republic of China - Taiwan) unveiled a vessel currently under construction by the Lung-De Shipbuilding Corporation dubbed the "High Efficiency Wave Piercing Catamaran (WPC)"

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[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]This Taiwanese "Littoral Combat Ship" is heavily armed for its size as it is fitted with no less than 16 anti-ship missiles. Representatives at the show said the catamaran corvette may fire both Hsiung Feng II and Hsiung Feng III missiles making it a potent ASUW platform. HF-3 missile is expected to have a range of 130 kilometers and is reported to be capable of reaching speeds of Mach 2 while the older generation HF-2 missile has a range of 160 kilometers and reach subsonic speeds.

In addition to anti-ship missiles, the corvette is fitted with a 76mm main gun, 4x 12.7mm machine guns and a Phalanx 20mm CIWS. There is no helicopter hangar; however the deck may accommodate a medium size helicopter (10 tons class). Propulsion is achieved through 4 waterjets.

Basic ship specifications:
Length: 60.4m
Width: 14m
Depth: 6m
Max draught: 2.3m
Max speed: 38 knots
Endurance: 2000 nautical miles
Crew: 34
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That is some SERIOUS AShM is a small package.
 

colay

New Member
Yeah, big punch in a small package. Perhaps future ships may swap out Phalanx for the more capable SeaRAM.
 

EnigmaNZ

New Member
How many are they planning to build? Over what sort of time period? Be interesting if they can swop out the missiles for a combination of HF2, HF2+, HF3 according to the mission.

I wonder why they are so against building a small coastal submarine carrying missiles as an adjunct to the full size ones they want to jump into. After all, the best stealth is to submerge.
 

Sandhi Yudha

Well-Known Member
Thats an extremely heavy armed boat for that size....
What material is used for the construction of these boats? Steel, aluminium or composites?
 

King Wally

Active Member
One small ship with a hell of a lot of punch. I guess you could consider these the last line of defence if China came in for a heavy beach landing. Given the amount of anti ship missiles they wield they really could throw out some heavy firepower.
 
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