PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
No3325 2015
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 3325 | More, Feodosiya, Ukraine | 2010 | 25.9.2012 | 23.3.2014 | in service (2019) | ||
| 3326 | More, Feodosiya, Ukraine | 2010 | 31.3.2014 | in service (2019) | |||
| 3327 | Huangpu, Guangdong | 12.2013 | 7.10.2017 | in service (2019) | |||
| 3328 | Huangpu, Guangdong | 6.2019 | in service (2019) | ||||
| 3329? | Huangpu, Guangdong | 2019 | building (2019) | ||||
| 3330? | Huangpu, Guangdong | 2020 | building (2019 |
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Displacement standard, t |
500 |
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Displacement normal, t |
550 |
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Length, m |
57.3 |
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Breadth, m |
25.6 |
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Draught, m |
1.60 / 0.00 |
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No of shafts |
3 air propellers / 2 air propellers for lift |
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Machinery |
3 NK-12 gas turbines / 2 NK-12 gas turbines |
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Power, h. p. |
36300 / 24200 |
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Max speed, kts |
63 |
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Fuel, t |
gas turbine oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
300(55) |
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Armament |
4 x 4 Igla-1M SAM (16 9K310), 2 x 6 - 30/54 AK-630M, 2 x 22 - 140 MS-227 Ogon' RL |
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Military load |
3 tanks or 8 AFV's or 360 troops or 150 t of cargo or 78 mines |
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Electronic equipment |
type 369, MR-123-02 Vympel radars, MP-411 ECM suite |
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Complement |
27 |
Project history: Largest military air-cushion vehicle, Soviet Project 12322 'Zubr'. All ships were laid down in the Soviet Union, later three were completed for China (first two were completed in Crimea, third ship was fitted out in China). Fourth ship, built for Soviet Navy as MDK-93, was completed for the Ukrainian Navy as Gorlivka. She was stricken by Ukrainian in 2011 in order to prepare for sale. In 2015 this ship, repaired in China, was commissioned by PLAN.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Dmitriy Babichev for new information.
© Ivan Gogin, 2017-19