LOYANG escort (1941/1949)

Loyang 1949

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
洛阳 [Loyang] (ex-Cheung Hing, ex-Bendigo)	53, 1980- 220		Cockatoo DYd, Australia	8.1940	1.3.1941	5.1941 // 1949	stricken 1986

Displacement standard, t

650

Displacement full, t

790

Length, m

56.7

Breadth, m

9.50

Draught, m

3.00 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

1550 - 2000

Max speed, kts

15 - 16

Fuel, t

oil 124 - 153

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

2 x 1 - 130/51 B-13, 2 x 1 - 37/73 70K

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

80 - 90

Project history: Former RAN Bathurst class minesweeper was sold as merchantman to China in 1947, rearmed by Communist Government and commissioned by PLAN.

Modernizations: 1950s: armament consisted of 2 x 1 - 100/56 B-34USMA, 2 x 2 - 37/70 V-11M

Naval service: No significant events.

Displacement standard, t	650
Displacement full, t	790
Length, m	56.7
Breadth, m	9.50
Draught, m	3.00 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	1550 - 2000
Max speed, kts	15 - 16
Fuel, t	oil 124 - 153
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 130/51 B-13, 2 x 1 - 37/73 70K
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	80 - 90

ESCORTS

LOYANG escort (1941/1949)