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Frigate Lushun (544)

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Classification

Ship class:
Jianghu 4-class frigate (Type 053H1Q)
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Lushun
Renaming:
  • Siping (519) — to 28 July 2010;
Operator:
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:
Museum
Fate:
Transferred to Chinese Naval Academy as training ship in 2010

Ship measurements

Displacement:
1,730 t
Length:
103.2 m
Beam:
10.7 m
Draft:
3.2 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 2 * type 12 E 390V diesels; 16,000 hp (m) (11.9MW) sustained
  • 2 * shafts
Speed:
26 knots
Range:
2,700 nmi (5,000 km; 3,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
300

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Radar System:
  • Surface: Square Tie (Type 254); I-band
  • Air & Surface: MX 902 Eye Shield (Type 922-1); G-band
  • Navigation: Fin Curve (Type 352); I-band
  • Fire Control: Wok Won director (Type 752A); Square Tie (Type 254), I-band
  • Echo Type 5 (Hull Mounted)
  • Watchdog; Radar warning
Armament:
  • 1 * 1 French 100 mm naval gun
  • 4 * 2 Chinese 37 mm /63 (6 twin) guns
  • SAM: 1 * 2 HQ-61
  • Depth Charge: DCL-003D
  • Mines: Can carry up to 60
  • Decoys: 2 * loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36
  • 6-barreled chaff launcher
Aircraft:
  • 1 * Harbin Z-9

The only representative of the Jianghu 4-class (Type 053H1Q) is the frigate Siping (519), served with the North Sea Fleet.

The modernization of this ship mainly concerned the aft armament in order to equip a helipad for the helicopter Harbin Z-9 helicopter. In addition, the frigate received armed with one SY-1 SSM dual-box launcher, and a compact French-made 100mm gun.

She was launched on 29 September 1985 at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai and commissioned on 24 December 1985.

Frigate Siping was transferred to Dalian Naval Academy as a training ship and renamed Lushun on 28 July 2010.

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