Jiangwei 1-class frigate (Type 053H2G)

Basic information

Type:

Frigate

Parent class:

Jiangwei-class frigates (Type 053H2G/H3)

Ship measurements

Displacement:

2,393 t

Length:

112 m

Beam:

12.4 m

Draft:

4.3 m

Machine

Propulsion system:

CODAD

Propulsion:

2 * 18E390VA diesel at 14,000 hp (10,000 kW) & 2 * MTU diesel at 8,840 hp (6,590 kW)
2 * shaft

Speed:

28 knots

Range:

5,000 mi (8,000 km) at 15 to 16 knots (28 to 30 km/h; 17 to 18 mph)

Personnel

Complement:

168

Combat assets

Electronics:

Type 360 Radar (SR60) Surface Search, E/F band
Type 517H-1 (Knife Rest) 2D long-range air search, A-band
Type 345 Radar (MR35) Surface-to-air missile and 100 mm gun fire-control, J-band
Type 352 Radar (Square Tie) surface search and SSM fire control, I-band
2 * Type 347G/EFR-1 (Rice Lamp) dual 37 mm AA gun fire control, I-band
2 * Racal RM-1290 Navigation radar, I-band
Data link: HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded)
Communication: SNTI-240 SATCOM
Combat Data System: ZKJ-3C
RWD-8 (Jug Pair) intercept
Type 981-3 EW Jammer
SR-210 Radar warning receiver
Type 651A IFF

Armament:

6 * YJ-83 SSM in 2 * 3-cell box launchers
1 * 6-cell HQ-61 Surface-to-air missile system
1 * PJ33A dual 100 mm gun (automatic)
4 * Type 76A dual-37 mm AA guns
2 * 6-tube Type 3200 ASW rocket launchers (36 rockets)
2 * DC racks & launcher
6 * torpedo launchers
2 * Type 946/PJ-46 15-barrel decoy rocket launchers

Aircraft:

1 * Harbin Z-9C

The Jiangwei 1-class frigate (Type 053H2G) were Chinese frigates that entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in the 1990s. They were later variants of the Type 053 frigate family, and were the PLAN's first multirole frigates.

Three vessels are currently serving as coast guard cutters and the frigate Tongling was transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy in 2019 as a patrol vessel, which was commissioned as SLNS Parakramabahu.

In the 1980s, the PLAN ordered Shanghai-based Hudong Shipyard (now Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard) to build a replacement for the Type 053K air defence frigate. The new class was based on the Jianghu 3-class frigate (Type 053H2) and designated Jiangwei 1-class frigate (Type 053H2G).

The ships equipped with HQ-61B surface-to-air missiles (SAM), which proved unsatisfactory. Only four units were built before the class was superseded by the more capable Jiangwei 2-class frigate (Type 053H3).