PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
1109 1980
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Names |
~90 boats: No1101...- No3100...- |
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Builders |
Wuhu SY Chuangxin SY |
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Commissioned |
1965 - 1976: ~90 boats |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
Albania, 1976-1977: 4 boats Pakistan, 1981-1982: 4 boats Bangladesh, 1983: 4 boats Egypt, 1984: 6 boats Bangladesh, 1992: 1 boat |
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Discarding |
1990s: ~32 boats early 2000s: ~40 boats |
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Displacement standard, t |
68 |
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Displacement full, t |
79 |
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Length, m |
27.0 |
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Breadth, m |
6.50 |
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Draught, m |
1.80 |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
4 M50F-4 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
4800 |
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Max speed, kts |
37 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
500(24) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 Hai Ying-2 SSM (2 HY-2), 1 x 2 - 25/80 type 61 |
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Sensors |
type 352 radar |
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Complement |
17 |
Project history: Chinese-built development of the Soviet Project 183R with a steel rather than a wooden hull. The SSM launchers were farther inboard and they had a pole mast. Otherwise they were very similar apart from a slightly modified hull form.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
3125 1979
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