PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Kuang Chou 1980
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 廣州 [Kuang Chou] (ex-Yuan Pei, ex-Ta Shun, ex-Bowmanville, ex-Nunnery Castle) | 602 | Pickersgill, Sunderland, UK | 8.1943 | 26.1.1944 | 9.1944 // 1949 | stricken 1986 | |
| (ex-Shih Lin, ex-Hsi Ling, ex-Ta Tung, ex-Copper Cliff, ex-Hever Castle) | Blyth, UK | 6.1943 | 24.2.1944 | 7.1944 // 1949 | discarded 1960s |
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Displacement standard, t |
1010 - 1060 |
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Displacement full, t |
1590 - 1630 |
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Length, m |
68.6 pp 76.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.2 |
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Draught, m |
4.11 - 4.19 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2750 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 480 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
6200(15) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 130/51 B-13, 1 x 1 - 45/69 21KM, 5 x 1 - 37/73 70K |
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Electronic equipment |
radar |
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Complement |
120 |
Project history: Former RCN Castle class corvettes were sold as merchantmen to China in 1947, two were rearmed by Communist Government and commissioned by PLAN.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015