BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150)

BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) is the lead ship of her class of guided missile frigates of the Philippine Navy. She is the first purpose-built frigate of the service, as its major warships were mostly transferred from other navies and reclassified as frigates. She is also one of the service's primary warships able to conduct multi-role operations such as coastal patrol and anti-submarine warfare.

BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150)
 Philippines
Name: BRP Jose Rizal
Namesake: José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
Ordered: 24 October 2016
Builder: Hyundai Heavy Industries
Laid down: 16 October 2018
Launched: 23 May 2019
Commissioned: 10 July 2020
Identification: FF-150
Status: In active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Jose Rizal-class frigate
Displacement: 2,600 tonnes
Length: 107.5 m (352 ft 8 in)
Beam: 13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
Draft: 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
Installed power: 4 × MTU-STX 12V2000-M41B diesel generators, each producing around 650 kW (872 shp)
Propulsion:
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range: 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
Endurance: 30 days
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 2 × RHIB
Complement:
  • Accommodation for 110 persons:
  • Crew: 65
  • Non-organic: 25
  • Additional personnel: 20
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Combat system:
  • Hanwha Systems Naval Shield Baseline 2 Integrated CMS
  • Search radar:
  • Hensoldt TRS-3D Baseline D multi-mode phased array C-band radar
  • Navigation radar:
  • Kelvin Hughes SharpEye I-band & E/F-band radars
  • Fire control radar:
  • Selex ES NA-25X fire control radar
  • Electro-Optical Tracking System:
  • Safran PASEO NS electro-optical
  • Tactical Data Link:
  • Hanwha Systems Link P (Link K Derivative)
  • Air warfare Data Link 16 (planned)
  • Maritime Data Link 22 (planned)
  • Sonar:
  • Harris Model 997 medium frequency active/passive hull mounted sonar
  • Thales CAPTAS-2 Towed Array Sonar (planned)
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • ESM:
    Elbit Systems Elisra NS9300A
  • Countermeasures:
    2 × Terma C-Guard DL-6T decoy launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × AW159 Wildcat naval helicopter
Aviation facilities: Enclosed hangar and flight deck

Construction and design
BRP Jose Rizal en route to Subic, Zambales

BRP Jose Rizal was designed and built by South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and was based on the HDF-2600 Frigate Design, which in turn was derived from the Incheon-class frigate of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). Changes were made on the base design by making use of features found on newer frigates of the ROKN like the Daegu-class frigate, considering reduced radar cross-section by having cleaner lines and smooth surface design, as well as reduced overhangs. It also features a low free-board design similar also to the Daegu class and HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej of the Royal Thai Navy.

It was assigned the project number P159 by HHI. The steel cutting ceremony was held on 1 May 2018 in HHI's shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea while the keel laying ceremony was held on 16 October 2018. She was launched on 23 May 2019 and was delivered to the Philippine Navy on 23 May 2020.[1][2] The commissioning was delayed after one of the ship's 65-crew tested positive for COVID-19 amidst the pandemic.[3] She was eventually commissioned on 10 July 2020.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Second sea trials for BRP Jose Rizal FF-150 multi-role frigate of Philippine Navy". Navy Recognition. 31 December 2019.
  2. "Missile-frigate BRP Jose Rizal heralds PH Navy modernization". www.pna.gov.ph. 26 May 2020.
  3. "Philippine Navy missile-frigate crew member tests positive for COVID-19". ABS-CBN News. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. "BRP Jose Rizal commissioned to Navy service". mintfo.com. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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