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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

TIWAI ISLAND utility landing craft (1997)

Tiwai Island 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Tiwai Island 104   Wuhu SY, China     1.1.1997 non-operational 2001

 

Displacement standard, t

486

Displacement normal, t

800

Length, m

58.4

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

2.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN 8L 20/27 diesels

Power, h. p.

4900

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(12)

Armament

2 x 2 - 14.5/93

Military load

2 main battle tanks, 200 troops

Electronic equipment type 756 radar

Complement

56

Project history: Chinese-built type 074 utility landing craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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