Name ROCS Yueh Fei Laid down 5 September 1992 Homeport Tsoying Construction started 5 September 1992 Length 139 m | Namesake Yue Fei Commissioned February 1996 Status in active service Launched 26 August 1994 Builder CSBC Corporation, Taiwan | |
ROCS Yueh Fei (岳飛, PFG2-1106), is a Cheng Kung-class guided-missile frigate of the Republic of China Navy. Yueh Fei was laid down on 5 September 1992 by the China SB Corp., in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, launched on 26 August 1994, and commissioned in February 1996. She is the fourth ship of the Cheng Kung-class frigates.
As of 2005, Yueh Fei is home ported at ROCN Tso-Ying naval base.
Namesake
Yueh Fei is named after Yueh Fei (岳飛) (1103–1142), who was a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was famous for leading numerous successful defenses of the Southern Song Dynasty against invasions of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty from north.
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