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Frigate Jishou (557)

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Classification

Ship class:
Jianghu 2-class frigate (Type 053H1)
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Jishou
Renaming:
  • UMS Maha Thiha Thura (F 23) — 2012;
Operator:
Myanmar NavyMyanmar Navy People's Liberation Army Navy (Chinese Navy)People's Liberation Army Navy (Chinese Navy)
Country of build:
Builder:
Hudong-Zhonghua ShipbuildingHudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Decommissioned in March 2012. Transferred to Myanmar Navy in 2012 as UMS Maha Thiha Thura (F23).

Ship measurements

Displacement:
1,702 t
Length:
103.2 m
Beam:
10.8 m
Draft:
3.2 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 2 * 12E390VA,880 kW (7,885 hp) at 480 rpm
  • 4 * SEMT Pielstick 16PA6V280BTC diesel generators (license-built by Shaanxi Diesel Engine Works)
Speed:
26 knots

Personnel

Complement:
190

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Type 354 Radar (Eye Shield) 2D air/surface search
  • Type 352 Radar (Square Tie)
  • G/H-band radar for SSM and 100 mm gun targeting
  • EH-5 hull-mounted MF sonar
  • Jug Pair intercept ECM/EW system
  • ZKJ-3 combat data system (with reported speed of 1 Mbit/s) in some units
  • Data link: HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded)
  • Communication: SNTI-240 SATCOM
Armament:
  • 6 * SY-1 SSM
  • 2 * 100 mm gun
  • 4 * dual 37 mm AA guns
  • 2 * Type 81 (RBU-1200) 5-tube ASW RL (30 rockets), or 2 * Type 3200 6-tube ASW RL (36 rockets)
  • 2 * Type 62 5-tube A/S mortar launchers
  • 2 * depth charge (DC) racks & projector
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