Tapi-class corvette

Class overview
Builders	American Shipuilding Co / Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, both USA
Operators	Thailand
Built	1970-1973
In commission	1971-present
Completed	2
Active	2
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	885 tons standard, 1,172 tons full load
Length	275 ft (84 m)
Draft	14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range	2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km) (at 18 knots (33 km/h))
Complement	15 officers, 120 enlisted
Armament	OTO Melara 3 in (76 mm)/62 compact, Bofors 40 mm/70, Oerlikon 20 mm; 6 324 mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) torpedo tubes, Honeywell Mk 46

Tapi class corvettes are a class of two ships that were built for the Royal Thai Navy in the early 1970s. Both ships remain in service as of 2009.

Units

• HTMS Tapi (431)
• HTMS Khirirat (432)