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PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)

COASTAL FORCES

No688 (project 037I) large patrol craft (1987)

Yongjia 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
南匯 [Nanhui] 688   Huangpu SY, Guangzhou     1987 stricken 2013
永嘉 [Yongjia] 693   Huangpu SY, Guangzhou     1987 in service (2019)
阮元 [Ru'an] 694   Huangpu SY, Guangzhou     1987 stricken 1995
安吉 [Anji] 697   Huangpu SY, Guangzhou     1987 stricken 2017

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

450

Length, m

62.0

Breadth, m

7.20

Draught, m

2.24 hull

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 diesels

Power, h. p.

8800

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

750(18)

Armament

2 x 2 - 57/62 type 66, 2 x 2 - 30/65 type 69, 4 x 5 type 87 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, mines

Sensors

type 351, type 342 radars, Tamir-11 sonar

Complement

70

Project history: Lengthened Type 037 with new guns.

Modernizations: 1989-1990, all: - 1 x 2 - 57/62; + SS-12 VDS sonar

2000s, Nanhui: - 1 x 2 - 30/65; + 2 x 2 - 14.5/89

Naval service: No significant events.

Nanhui 2008

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