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Type 65 Jiangnan-class Frigates

# Ship name yard
#
Building
shipyard
Service
fleet
Launch Service Stricken Notes
529Haikou209Shanghai Jiangnan
Shipyard
First East China Sea Fleet,
then South China Sea Fleet
Aug
1966
1963 ??
1966
1964 ??
Oct
1992
1980 Ru Nanhai
501Xiaguan231Guangzhou
Shipyard
South China Sea Fleet 03 Dec
1966
12 Jun
1967
502Nanchong232Guangzhou
Shipyard
South China Sea Fleet Jun
1967
1994 After retiring from 1995 stored in Qingdao China Navy Museum, September 2012 demolished.
503Kai Yuán233Guangzhou
Shipyard
South China Sea Fleet Apr
1968
Jun
1969
1986?
504Dongchuan214Guangzhou
Shipyard
South China Sea Fleet 25 Jun
1969
02 Dec
1966
1988

Specifications

Builder
  • Guangzhou SY
  • Jiangnan SY
  • Shantou SY ????
  • Propulsion diesel
    Length 90-92 meters / 300 feet
    Beam 10.2 meters
    Draft 2.92-3 meters
    Displacement, Full Load 1,249-1,400 tons
    Displacement, Standard1146 tons
    Propulsion2 diesel engines, maximum continuous power 2x6,600 horsepower
    Speed, Maximum 21.5 knots [Chinese Sources]
    28 knots [Western estimates]
    cruise speed 16 knots
    Endurance 2,700 nautical miles @/ 16 knots
    Electronics
  • 1 512A sea-search radar
  • 1 751 marine radar
  • 1 Type 651 A Foe and Foe Identification
  • Type 305 Sonar
  • Type 109 Sonar
  • Command and control system
  • Armament
  • 3 - 100/56mm guns 61-type (range 22,500 meters)
  • 8 - 37mm AA twin machine guns
  • 2 - 14.5mm dual line guns
  • mines
  • Anti-submarine
  • 2 64-type 250mm rocket-type deep-bore 5 launchers (with a range of 1,280 meters);
  • 4 64-type large-scale 432mm deep-bore launchers with 6 shells;
  • 2 deep-water bombs and mine-throwing orbits.
  • Crew 148 (including officer 12)
    Construction Five units of this class were built in the 1950s, and entered service in the 1960s. They remained in service through the 1980s before being discarded.




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