ROCS Ta Kuan (AGS-1601)


Ta Kuan is a Taiwanese Navy research vessel. Designed to carry out research and surveillance activities, the vessel’s platform was developed from the RV Alliance built for NATO.

Design

She is a sister ship of RV Alliance and Italian ship Elettra being built in between the two.

History

Ta Kuan was built in La Spezia, Italy by Fincantieri and was launched in 1995. In 2015 she received a full upgrade from L3 Technologies.