BRP Miguel Malvar (FFG-06)

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The Miguel Malvar (06) during its launch at HD HHI's shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea in June 2024.
Flag of the Philippines.svgPhilippines
NameBRP Miguel Malvar
Namesake Miguel Malvar y Carpio, Filipino general during Philippine Revolution and Philippine-American War
Ordered28 December 2021 [1]
Builder Hyundai Heavy Industries
Cost PH₱12.5 billion (~US$250M)
Laid down22 November 2023
Launched18 June 2024
Commissionedscheduled 2025
IdentificationFFG-06
StatusSea trials
Badge BRP Miguel Malvar FFG-06 Badge.png
General characteristics
Class and type Miguel Malvar-class frigate
Displacement3,200 tonnes
Length118.4 m (388 ft 5 in)
Beam14.9 m (48 ft 11 in)
Draft3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Depth7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Installed power4 × MTU-STX diesel generators
Propulsion
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range4,500  nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance20 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × RHIB
ComplementTBC
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Combat system:
  • Hanwha Systems Naval Shield Baseline 4 Integrated Combat Management System [1]
  • Search radar:
  • EL/M-2258 ALPHA S-band 3D AESA multifunction radar [1] [2]
  • Navigation radar:
  • Kelvin Hughes SharpEye I-band & E/F-band radars [1] [3]
  • Fire control radar:
  • Selex ES NA-25X fire control radar
  • Electro-Optical Tracking System:
  • Safran PASEO XLR electro-optical [1] [4]
  • Tactical Data Link:
  • Hanwha Systems Link P (Link K Derivative)
  • Link 16 LOS datalink (planned)
  • Link 22 BLOS datalink (planned)
  • Sonar:
  • ELAC Sonar Hunter 2.0 medium frequency active/passive hull mounted sonar
  • Thales CAPTAS-1 Towed Array Sonar (planned)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • RESM:
    Elbit Systems Elisra Aquamarine R-ESM and C-ESM suite
  • Countermeasures:
    2 × Terma C-Guard DL-12T decoy launchers
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × medium naval helicopter
Aviation facilities
  • flight deck for a 12t helicopter
  • enclosed hangar (starboard side) for 10t helicopter

BRP Miguel Malvar (FFG-06) is the lead ship of her class of guided missile frigates of the Philippine Navy. She is the second ship to be named after Miguel Malvar y Carpio, a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution against Spain, and the Philippine-American War.

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The ship is currently undergoing final fit-out works at HD Hyundai's shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, and is scheduled for delivery to the Philippine Navy by December 2024. The ship is expected to be commissioned with the Philippine Navy's Offshore Combat Force by mid-2025.

Construction and design

The BRP Miguel Malvar was designed and built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) of South Korea, and is based on the shipbuilder's HDC/HDF-3200 design, which in turn was a re-designed and enlarged HDF-2600 design used for the Jose Rizal-class frigate already in service with the Philippine Navy. The design was heavily influenced by the base design of the Incheon-class frigate built for the Republic of Korea Navy, but with heavy design developments and features found on newer newer frigates of the R.O.K. Navy, considering reduced radar cross-section by having cleaner lines, smooth surface design, reduced overhangs and a low free-board.

The ship held its First Steel Cutting Ceremony on 11 May 2023 at HD HHI's facility in Ulsan, South Korea. [1]

Keel Laying Ceremony on 22 November 2023, which was held at the same time as the First Steel Cutting Ceremony of its sistership, the future BRP Diego Silang (FFG-07). [1]

The ship was launched on 18 June 2024, with Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro leading the ceremony. [6] Other persons who attended the ceremony included his wife, Special Envoy to the United Nations Children’s Fund Monica Louise Prieto-Teodoro, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner, Philippine Navy Chief Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr and other military officials. [7]

The Miguel Malvar will be delivered to the Navy in 2025 after sea trials. [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Corvette Acquisition Project (Lots 1 and 2) of the Philippine Navy". Philippine Defense Resource. 17 August 2019. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "IAI And HHI To Supply Philippine Navy With ALPHA 3D Radar Systems". France: Naval News. 28 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "HENSOLDT UK awarded contracts for the Philippine Navy". Hensoldt. Hensoldt. 17 March 2023. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Safran at MADEX 2023: Optronic, navigation and decoy launching systems for ROK Navy". Youtube. Naval News. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "SEA to supply Torpedo Launcher to HHI for new Philippine Navy corvettes". Naval News. 23 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Launches the Philippine Navy Corvette 'BRP Miguel Malvar'". Naval News. 18 June 2024.
  7. ↑ Corrales, Nestor (22 June 2024). "New PH Navy corvettes delivered in 2025 – DND". INQUIRER.net. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  8. ↑ https://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/2024/06/hd-hhi-launches-first-philippine-navy-corvette/
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