1980
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Names |
32 boats: No121-129 No320-327 No427-433 No520-527 2000: 10 survived boats renumbered as S101, 102 S201 S209, 210 S214 S305-307 S406 2003-2004: survived boats renumbered as S101-104 S109 |
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Builders |
Hudong SY, Shanghai, China or Chuangxin SY, China: 32 boats |
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Commissioned |
1968: 6 boats 1969: 15 boats 1970: 2 boats 1971: 7 boats 1974: 2 boats 1968-1974 // 11.1997: S101, 305 (2nd time) 1968-1974 // 1998-1999: S102, 201, 209, 210, 214, 306, 307, 406 (2nd time) |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
1 boat (escaped to Italy 5.1991, returned 10.1991) 10 boats (escaped to Italy 1997, later returned as shown above) |
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Discarding |
1988-1993: 8 boats (cannibalized for spares) 1997-2000: 14 boats (abandoned beyond repair), survived 10 boats renumbered S101, 102, 201, 209, 210, 214, 305-307, 406 2003-2004: 5 boats, survived were renumbered S101-104, 109 2008: S101-104, 109 |
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Displacement standard, t |
39 |
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Displacement full, t |
46 |
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Length, m |
22.5 |
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Breadth, m |
3.80 wl, 6.26 over foils |
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Draught, m |
1.15 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 M-50F-4 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
3600 |
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Max speed, kts |
50 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
500(30) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 14.5/93, 2 - 533 TT |
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Sensors |
Zarnitsa radar |
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Complement |
11 |
Project history: Chinese hydrofoils of Type 025.
Modernizations: late 1990s, mostly: foils were removed.
Naval service: One boat defected in May 1991 to Italy, where the crew requested asylum, the craft was returned in October. Ten units went to Italy in 1997 and returned in 1997-1999 after repair.
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