NAVYPEDIA

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2000

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
32 boats: No121-129 No320-327 No427-433 No520-527 2000: 10 survived boats renumbered as S101, 102 S201 S209, 210 S214 S305-307 S406 2003-2004: survived boats renumbered as S101-104 S109	Hudong SY, Shanghai, China or Chuangxin SY, China: 32 boats	1968: 6 boats 1969: 15 boats 1970: 2 boats 1971: 7 boats 1974: 2 boats 1968-1974 // 11.1997: S101, 305 (2nd time) 1968-1974 // 1998-1999: S102, 201, 209, 210, 214, 306, 307, 406 (2nd time)	none	1 boat (escaped to Italy 5.1991, returned 10.1991) 10 boats (escaped to Italy 1997, later returned as shown above)	1988-1993: 8 boats (cannibalized for spares) 1997-2000: 14 boats (abandoned beyond repair), survived 10 boats renumbered S101, 102, 201, 209, 210, 214, 305-307, 406 2003-2004: 5 boats, survived were renumbered S101-104, 109 2008: S101-104, 109

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	39
Displacement full, t	46
Length, m	22.5
Breadth, m	3.80 wl, 6.26 over foils
Draught, m	1.15
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 M-50F-4 diesels
Power, h. p.	3600
Max speed, kts	50
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	500(30)
Armament	2 x 2 - 14.5/93, 2 - 533 TT
Electronic equipment	Zarnitsa radar
Complement	11

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Project history

Chinese hydrofoils of Type 025.

Modernizations

late 1990s, mostly: foils were removed.

Naval service

One boat defected in May 1991 to Italy, where the crew requested asylum, the craft was returned in October. Ten units went to Italy in 1997 and returned in 1997-1999 after repair.