According to the official social media page of the frigate:
Philippine Navy’s first guided missile frigate arrives in Ulsan, South Korea for her first Dry-docking and other related repairs under Hyundai Heavy Industries last 15 June 2023.
BRP JOSE RIZAL will undergo maintenance, repair and overhauling services to be rendered by Hyundai Heavy Industries. The said services include repair or replacement of worn-out machinery parts while fulfilling all warranty claims of the ship.
Upon arriving, FF150 was warmly welcomed by the crew of ROKS Jeongjo the Great (DDG-995) who are also at HHI shipyard.
Gamsahabnida ROK!
HHI previously signed a contract with the Philippine Department of National Defense for construction of two Corvettes in 2021 and six OPVs in June 2022.
About Jose Rizal-class
The contract for the construction of two light frigates was signed between the Philippines and HHI in October 2016. The contract was signed following the victory of HHI in an international tender. The tender purchase value of the two ships was determined to be 15.744571584 billion Philippine pesos (about $ 311 million). This price point is for the ship only (weapons systems not included).
The first ship-in-class, BRP Jose Rizal (FF 150) was delivered in May 2020 and commissioned in July 2020. The second vessel of the class, BRP Antonio Luna (FF 151) was commissioned in March 2021. The two frigates of the class are the most modern surface combatants of the Philippine Navy fleet.
According to the shipyard, the frigates for the Philippines are based on an HHI design, which is a smaller version of the Incheon frigates (FFX-I) being built for the ROK Navy fleet. The Philippine frigates have a standard displacement of about 2,600 tons and a length of 107 meters. The diesel main power plant under the CODAD scheme should provide a full speed of 25 knots, a cruising range of 4500 nautical miles at a speed of 15 knots.
The Philippine frigate have four anti-ship missile launchers (for South Korean SSM-700K Haeseong / C-Star by LIG Nex1), two SIMBAD-RC short range SAM system by MBDA, a 76-mm main gun, one Aselsan SMASH 30mm secondary gun, two 324-mm three-tube torpedo launchers (for K745 Chung Sang Eo / Blue Shark torpedoes by LIG Nex1). They are fitted for but not with an 8x cell VLS for surface to air missiles. The ship has an helicopter deck and hangar to accommodate a Leonardo AW159 Lynx Wildcat helicopter (two such helicopters have been ordered for the Navy of the Philippines). Most of the sensor and electronic suites are provided by Thales.
Naval News recently tour BRP Antonio Luna. Here is our video report: