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Type 051 Luda-class guided missile destroyer

Specifications

Builder Luda SY, Zhonghua SY, Dalian SY
Displacement (standard) 3250 tons
Displacement (full load)3,670 tons (Luda I & II) 3,730 tons (Luda III)
Length433.1 ft / 132 meters
Beam42 ft / 12.8 meters
Draft15.1 ft / 4.6 meters; 15.3 ft (Luda III)
[some sources report 17.4 feet / 5.3 meters]
Speed32 kts [some sources report 37.95 knots in trials]
Endurance2,970 miles at 18 kts
Machinery2 boilers 2 turbines 72,000 hp(m) (53 MW)
PropulsionDouble shaft, double propeller, and double rudder
SSM6 HY-2 (C-201) (CSS-C-3A Seersucker) (2 triple) launchers active radar homing to 51 nm at 0.9 Mach
SAMCrotale octuple launcher (Kaifeng) line of sight guidence to 7 nm at 2.4 Mach
Guns
  • 4 - 5.1 in (130 mm)/58 (2 twin) 85' elevation 17 rds/min to 16 nm
  • 8 - 57 mm/70 (4 twin) 85' elevation 120 rds/min to 12 km (6.5 nm) these guns are fitted in some of the class the others have 37 mm
  • 8 - 37 mm/63 (4 twin) 85' elevation 180 rds/min to 4.6 nm
  • 8 - 25 mm/60 (4 twin) 85' elevation 270 rds/min to 1.6 nm anti-aircraft
    • Torpedoes6 324 mm B515 (2 triple tubes) A 244S anti-submarine active/passive homing to 3.8 nm at 33 kts
    A/W MORTARS2 FQF 2500 12-tubed fixed launchers 120 rockets range 1,200 m
    Depth Charges2 or 4 BMB projectors 2 or 4 tracks
    Mines38
    DecoysChaff launchers
    ESMJug Pair (RW-23-1) radar warning
    Radars
  • Knife Rest or Cross Slot A-Band or
  • Bean Sticks or Pea Sticks E/F-Band Air Search
  • Rice Screen (on mainmast in some) 3D G-Band Air Search
  • Eye Shield E-Band or Thompson-CSF Sea Tiger E/F-Band Surface Search
  • Square Tie (not in all) I-Band Surface Search
    • NavigationFin Curve or Racal Decca 1290 I-Band
    Fire Control
  • Wasp Head (also known as Wok Won) or
  • Type 343 Sun Visor B G/H-Band
  • 2 Rice Lamp or 2 Type 347G I-Band
    • IFFHigh Pole
    SonarsPegas 2M and Tamir 2 hull mounted active search and attack
    AircraftOnly 105 Jinan modified 2 Zhi-9 (Dauphin) ASW helicopters
    Crew280 (45 officers)



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