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Zhondong 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
鹰潭 [Yingtan]	531		Hudong SY, Shanghai	7.1970	24.10.1971	15.3.1975	museum ship 7.1994
中东 [Zhongdong]	532		Qiuxin SY, Shanghai	10.1971	29.5.1975	12.7.1977	deleted 6.1986

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1674
Displacement full, t	1940
Length, m	103.0
Breadth, m	10.8
Draught, m	3.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 SEMT-Pielstick 18E390V diesels
Power, h. p.	24000
Max speed, kts	28
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	3700(14)
Armament	2 x 2 - 100/56 type 79, 4 x 2 - 37/63 type 74, 2 x 5 type 62 ASWRL, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	type 381, type 352, type 726, type 341, type 343 radars, SJD-2 sonar, type 923-1 ECM suite
Complement	185

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Project history

This class utilized an enlarged project 50 hull, with two large diesels (one per shaft) instead of four small ones. They were an attempt to provide an AA escort, something the Chinese Fleet badly needed. However, the SAM system caused many problems and did not become operational until the mid-1980s, after some 20 years of development. Subsequently vessels using the same hull were completed as Ty[e 053H SSM armed frigates.

Modernizations

1986, Yingtan: + 2 x 2 HQ-61B SAM (24 HQ-61B), 2x type 342 radars

Naval service

No significant events.

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