ROCS Tzu I (FFG-1107)

History
Taiwan
Name:	ROCS Tzu I (FFG-1107)
Builder:	China Shipbuilding Corp., Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
Laid down:	7 August 1994
Launched:	13 July 1995
Commissioned:	9 January 1997
Status:	in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Class & type:	Cheng Kung-class frigate
Displacement:	4,103 tons full
Length:	453 ft (138 m)
Beam:	46.95 ft (14.31 m)
Propulsion:	General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 40,000 shp total
Speed:	29 knots
Complement:	18 officers 180 enlisted 19 flight crew
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPS-49 air search radar SPS-55 surface search radar CAS, STIR gun fire control radar SQS-56 sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	AN/SLQ-32(V)5 (AN/SLQ-32(V)2 + SIDEKICK)
Armament:	40 × SM-1MR at Mk 13 Missile Launcher 4 × Hsiung Feng II and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 2 × Bofors 40mm/L70mm guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried:	Sikorsky S-70C-1/2

ROCS Tzu I (子儀, FFG-1107) is the fifth of eight Taiwanese-built Cheng Kung-class frigates of the Republic of China Navy, based on the Oliver Hazard Perry class. Laid down on 7 August 1994 and launched on 13 July 1995, Tzu I was commissioned in service in January 1997. The Cheng Kung-class frigates have the same length as the later Oliver Hazard Perry frigates, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.

Like her sister ships, Tzu I was built under license by China SB Corp. at Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, ROC.

As of 2005, Tzu I is homeported at Tso-Ying naval base.

Namesake

Tzu I is named after Kuo Tzu-I (郭子儀) (697 - 781), a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. He was famous for ending the Anshi Rebellion, and leading expeditions against the Huihe (Uyghurs) and Tubo (Tibetans) incursions into Tang territory.