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PF-108

PF-108 served only in the Royal Thailand Navy.

Khirirat call sign:
Hotel - Sierra - Victor - Echo

PF-103 Class Frigate:

Laid down 18 February 1972 as PF-108 by the Norfolk Shipbuilding Co., Norfolk, VA

Launched 10 August 1974

Transferred to the Royal Thailand Navy in 1974 and named HTMS Khirirat (PF 6)

Khiri Rat Nikhom is a district in the west of Surat Thani Province of southern Thailand

Transferred permanently to Thailand 1 September 1974

Reclassified PF-432

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 1,172 t.

Length 275' 7"

Beam 33'

Draft 10'

Speed 20 kts.

Complement 140

Armament: One 76mm mount, one 40mm mount, two 20mm mounts, two 12.7mm machine guns, two triple 12.75" torpedo tubes and one depth charge track

Propulsion: Two 2,650hp diesel engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
HTMS Khirirat (PF 6)
	57k	20 February 1980	Robert Hurst
	221k	c. May 1990 Courtesy of Ross Gilbert. Photo from "Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995"	Robert Hurst
HTMS Khirirat (PF 432)
	72		Tommy Trampp Photo added 10 September 2019
	166k	12 January 2008 Phachunlachomklao Naval Dockyard	NyeNAVA
	169k	12 January 2008 Phachunlachomklao Naval Dockyard Kirirat and HTMS Tapi (PF 431)
	160k	12 January 2008 Phachunlachomklao Naval Dockyard Kirirat and Tapi with flags flown at half staff, mourning HRH Princess Kalyanlwattaha, the King's elder sister who died 2 January 2008

There is no DANFS history currently available for PF-108

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