The ''Chiayi''-class patrol vessel is a heavy patrol vessel of the

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. The design is based on

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Vard Marine's VARD 7 125 offshore patrol vessel design. Four ships are planned. All four are planned to be constructed by

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Description

The class has a helipad and hangar which can accommodate a

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helicopter. It is equipped with a medical center with a negative pressure area, a surgery suite, and a x-ray facility.

History

The procurement is part of a decade long Coast Guard shipbuilding project with a projected budget of NT$42.6 billion ($1.4 billion). The budgeted cost of the four 4,000 ton patrol vessels is NT$ 11.74 billion (US$392 million). Delivery of all four is planned to be completed by 2025. The first vessel of the class, Chiayi (CG5001), was launched in June 2020. The President of Taiwan

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presided over the launch. The Coast Guard took possession of Chiayi in April 2021. The second vessel, Hsinchu (CG5002), was delivered in April 2022.

Vessels

A total of 4 vessels are planned. * ''Chiayi'' (CG5001), launched in June 2020, commissioned and delivered in April 2021. * ''Hsinchu'' (CG5002), launched in April 2021, commissioned and delivered in December 2022. * ''Yunlin'' (CG5003), launched in December 2022, commissioned and delivered in March 2024. * ''Taipei'' (CG5005), launched in March 2024.

Gallery

File:Patrol vessel of Coast Guard Administration CG 5002 Hsinchu at the launching ceremony 20210428.jpg, CG 5002 ''Hsinchu'' File:新竹艦的高壓水槍.jpg,

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on ''Hsinchu'' File:新竹艦的負壓病房.jpg, Medical berths aboard ''Hsinchu'' File:新竹艦的牙科室.jpg, Dental clinic aboard ''Hsinchu'' File:新竹艦的廚房.jpg, Galley aboard ''Hsinchu'' File:新竹艦的小艇.jpg, Tender aboard ''Hsinchu'' File:04.29 總統出席「嘉義級巡防艦首艦嘉義艦交船暨第2艘新竹艦命名下水聯合典禮」.jpg, Surgical center aboard ''Chiayi'' File:CG 5003 Yunlin.jpg, ''Yunlin'' (CG5003)

References

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