Type 053H frigate
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | |
| Operators: |
 People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
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| Succeeded by: | Type 053H2G Jiangwei I class |
| Subclasses: |
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| In service: | 1974 |
| Completed: | 53 |
| Active: |
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| Retired: | 11 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 053 |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,700 to 2,000 tons |
| Length: | 103 to 112 m |
| Beam: | 10 to 12 m |
| Draught: | 3 to 4 m |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 32 knots [1] |
| Range: | 7408km (4000nm) |
| Complement: | 160 to 200 |
| Armament: | Many variations amongst sub-classes |
| Aircraft carried: | Some carry 1 helicopter: Harbin Z-9C |
| History | |
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 China
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| Operator: | China Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Jiangnan Shipyard |
| Launched: | 1974-1975 |
| Commissioned: | 1975-1976 |
| Recommissioned: | 2006 |
| Decommissioned: | 2006 |
| In service: | 2008-present |
| Refit: | 1996 with PLAN |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | ocean patrol vessel - converted ex-Jianghu-I FFG (Type 053 frigate Type H) |
| Displacement: | 1,600 tonnes (1,763.70 short tons) |
| Length: | 103 metres (338 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.8 metres (35 ft) |
| Height: | 3.19 metres (10.5 ft) |
| Ice class: | N/A |
| Propulsion: | 2 12PA68TC DE 16000hp |
| Speed: | 25.6 knots (47.4 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
2 high speed boats |
| Complement: | 160-200 |
| Armament: | small cannon forward and heavy machine guns - replacing 1 dual 37mm G, 2 dual 14.55 mm AAMG 2 water cannons |
| Aircraft carried: | Harbin Z-9C |
| Notes: | 25.6 kn |
The Type 053 frigates were a family of Chinese ships that served with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force, and a small number of foreign navies.
The designation of ships and subclasses is somewhat confusing. Chinese nomenclature temporarily changed during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, and some subclasses gained different NATO reporting names.
This article covers the entire Type 053 family except for the final two subclasses, the Type 053H2G and Type 053H3 frigates.
In the 1950s, the Soviets provided China with four kits for Riga-class frigates and four completed Gnevny-class destroyers. These entered PLAN service as the Type 01 Chengdu-class and the Type 07 Anshan-class respectively. The Riga kits were assembled by the Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou, and the Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai, from 1955 to 1958. These ships formed the PLAN's backbone in the 1950s and 1960s.
Following the Sino-Soviet split and the withdrawal of Soviet aid, the Wuhan-based No. 701 Institute began reverse-engineering the Type 01 in 1962. The result was the Type 065. It was based on the Riga hull with the flush deck replaced by a long forecastle. This modification was needed to accommodate a large medium-speed diesel powerplant; the civilian diesel was a substitute for the Riga's compact high-pressure steam turbine powerplant that the Chinese were unable to replicate. The first Type 065, 529 Haikou, was laid down at Huangpu in August 1964 and commissioned by August 1966.
From 1965 to 1967, the No. 701 Institute designed the Type 053K (Kong for air-defence), an air-defence variant of the Type 065. This met a PLAN requirement for air-defence ships to accompany the surface-warfare Type 051 destroyers. The Type 053K was originally intended to have three screws powered by a combined gas-turbine and diesel engine, with a speed of 38 knots. However, technical constraints forced the Chinese to settle for a diesel engine, powering two screws for a maximum speed of 30 knots.
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