Engineering:ROCS Ta Kuan
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Short description: Taiwanese Navy research vessel
| File:ROCN Ta Kuan (AGS-1601) Shipped at Zuoying Naval Base 20151024a.jpg ROCS Ta Kuan (AGS-1601) at Zuoying Naval Base
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| Class and type: | Alliance-class research ship |
| Propulsion: | diesel engines , generators (wartsila , MAN ?) |
ROCS Ta Kuan (AGS-1601) is a Taiwanese Navy research vessel. Designed to carry out oceanographic and hydrographic research, as well as surveillance activities, the vessel's platform was developed from the missing name built for NATO.
Design
She is a sister ship of Alliance and missing name, built in between the two.
History
Ta Kuan was built at La Spezia, Italy by Fincantieri and was launched in 1995. In 2015 she received a full upgrade from L3 Technologies.[1][2]
See also
- Italy-Taiwan relations
- Da Wu-class rescue and salvage ship
References
- ↑ "Taiwanese Navy's Vessel to Undergo Retrofitting". Naval Today. 26 February 2015. https://navaltoday.com/2015/02/26/taiwanese-navys-vessel-to-undergo-retrofitting/.
- ↑ "L-3 to Retrofit Taiwanese Research Vessel". Motorship. https://www.motorship.com/news101/shiprepair-and-conversion/l-3-to-retrofit-taiwanese-research-vessel.
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