PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Killegray 1952
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
(ex-Ching Hai, ex-Balta) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 8.1940 | 2.12.1940 | 5.1941 // 1949 | deleted 1967 | ||
(ex-Sung Hwei, ex-Hoxa) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 9.1940 | 15.1.1941 | 6.1941 // 1949 | deleted 1967 |
Displacement standard, t |
545 |
Displacement full, t |
770 |
Length, m |
50.0 |
Breadth, m |
8.43 |
Draught, m |
3.38 deep load |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler |
Power, h. p. |
850 |
Max speed, kts |
12.25 |
Fuel, t |
coal 183 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA IX, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (30), mechanical minesweeping gear |
Electronic equipment | type 271 or type 290 radar, type 122 sonar |
Complement |
35 - 40 |
Project history: Former British Isles class trawlers, disarmed and sold to Chinese merchant owners. In 1949 they were taken by Communist forces and recommissioned by PLAN.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015