PG-618 - Tuo Chiang Class Corvette

The Tuo Chiang class corvette (Chinese: 沱江; literally: "Tuo River") is a class of fast and stealthy multi-mission corvette built for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy. Developed under the Hsun Hai (Chinese: 迅海; literally: "Swift Sea") program, the Tuo Chiang class corvette is intended to take over some of the lower-intensity missions currently undertaken by larger and more-expensive frigates and destroyers as well as, in wartime, to function as an asymmetrical counter to larger warships of any hostile navy.

This class is thus designed to possess superior seakeeping than ROCN's previous and current patrol craft while also being capable of hit-and-run tactics and armed with a total of sixteen anti-ship missiles (AShM), including eight subsonic Hsiung Feng II and eight supersonic Hsiung Feng III missiles. The prototype ROCS Tuo Chiang (PG-618) was launched on March 14, 2014 and commissioned on December 23, 2014. Eleven more ships of the class are planned.