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LIAONING aircraft carrier (2012)


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Liaoning 2012

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Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
辽宁 [Liaoning] (ex-Variag, ex-Riga) 16   Black Sea Yd, Nikolayev, USSR-Ukraine // Dalian SY 6.12.1985 25.11.1988 24.9.2012 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

46600

Displacement full, t

60000

Length, m

281.00 pp 304.5 oa

Breadth, m

38.0 wl 71.0 deck

Draught, m

10.5 max

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 GTZA-674 geared steam turbines, 8 KVG-4 boilers

Power, h. p.

200000

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

8500(18)

Armament

3 x 18 HQ-10 FL-3000N SAM (54 HQ-10), 3 x 11 - 30/80 type 1130, 2 x 6 RBU-12000 ASWRL, 48 aircraft (J-15 fighters, Z-18F, Z-18J, Z-9C helicopters)

Electronic equipment

type 346, type 382, nav., 3x type 347G, 2x type 756 radars, ECM suite, 4 24-tubes and 2 16-tubes decoy RL, CCS

Complement

2500



Air group


Year Fighters Helicopters
2014 24 J-15 4 Z-18F, 4 Z-18J, 2 Z-9C, 2 Ka-31


Standard scale images


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Liaoning 2012
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Liaoning 2015


Aircraft facilities

 (fd - 14,800 m², ha - 3,978 m² / 31,824 m³): Flight deck: 304.5 x 71.0m. Hangar: 153.0 x 26.0 x 8.00 m. There are 2 deck-edge elevators (40t, 20 x 15m). There is a ski-jump. Aircraft fuel stowage: 2500 t of jet fuel.

Project history

Sister-ship of the Russian Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov, laid down as Riga but renamed Variag when Latvia separated from the USSR. Building was suspended in 1990 and in 1991, when Ukraine separated from the USSR, incomplete ship was abandoned. In 1998 she was purchased by China but arrived Dalian only 3.3.2002. Renovation and fitting out lasted till early 2010. Sea trials began in August 2011 and finished one year later. In fact first Chinese aircraft carrier began her service with Soviet-developed aircraft (J-15 fighter is really a Chinese copy of Russian Su-33 carrier fighter and Z-18 helicopter is a Chinese copy of Russian Ka-27/28/29/31 family.

Ship protection

Underwater protection consists of 3 longitudinal bulkheads (2nd bulkhead is armoured). Aviation fuel tanks and magazines have box protection.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.