PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
type 025 1980
type 026 1980
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Names |
120 boats |
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Builders |
Hudong SY, Shanghai Chuangxin SY |
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Commissioned |
1966 - 1980: 120 boats |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
Albania, 1968-1974: 23 boats Pakistan, 1975: 4 boats Tanzania, 1975: 4 boats Zaire, 1976: 2 boats Zaire, 1978: 2 boats Romania, 1970s: 3 boats Bangladesh, 1988: 4 boats |
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Discarding |
1990s-2005: all 1995: 80 were in service 2003: 20 were in service |
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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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Electronic equipment |
type 025: Zarnitsa radar type 026: type 756 radar |
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Complement |
11 |
Project history: The world's first operational foil-borne warships. The were two versions, type 025 with the bridge well forward and both twin MG mountings aft, and type 026 with the bridge farther aft and the MGs fore an aft.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
1978
1247 2000
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