PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
556 1965
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Names |
76 boats, inc nos: 556-558 565-567 |
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Builders |
Wuzhou SY: 76 boats |
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Completed |
1956 - 1960: 76 boats |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
North Korea, 1968: 8 boats North Vietnam, 1970s: 12 boats |
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Discarding |
1970s-1990s: all 1990: 50 were in service 2000: none were in service |
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Displacement standard, t |
75 |
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Displacement full, t |
85 |
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Length, m |
25.7 |
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Breadth, m |
6.00 |
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Draught, m |
1.80 |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
4 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
3000 |
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Max speed, kts |
28 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 750(15) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 37/63 type 61 or 2 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 8 DC |
| Electronic equipment | Reya or Zarnitsa radar |
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Complement |
17 |
Project history: Steel hull, gun-armed Chinese version of Soviet project 183 FAC(T).
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015