PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Type 716 air-cushion personnel landing craft (Type 716, 1978)
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Names |
1 craft |
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Builders |
Hudong SY, Shanghai: 1 craft |
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Commissioned |
1978: 1 craft |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
2000s: 1 craft |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
19 |
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Length, m |
17.9 |
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Breadth, m |
8.30 |
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Draught, m |
- |
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No of shafts |
1 air propeller |
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Machinery |
1 aircraft petrol engine |
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Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
60 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
none |
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Electronic equipment |
none |
| Military load |
2 t of cargo or 32 troops |
| Complement |
Project history: Experimental craft.
Modernizations: 1983: was re-engined with 1 12L413FC diesel
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016