Indigenous Product
The Kuang Hua VI project was first unveiled in 1996,
designed to replace the Hai Ou-class of patrol
vessels currently in service with the ROCN.
The contract to produce 30 Kuang Hua VI missile boats
was awarded to CSBC
Corporation, Taiwan (then as China Ship Building
Corporation, CSBC) in 2003. The prototype, FACG-60(Fast Attack
Craft, Guided missile), was commissioned on October 1, 2003.
However, the tender was subsequently disputed by rival bidders
and the Taiwanese legislative froze the
budget for the construction of the class until 2007. The ROCN and
CSBC subsequently agreed that construction would commence on the 30
vessels and that work would be completed by the end of 2011, in
batch of two missile crafts, but the construction works will be
shared with 2 other civilian shipyards.
