Chinese cutter Hai'an

History
China
Name	Haijian 84(Chinese :中国海监84)
Owner	South China Sea Bureau  [ zh ], State Oceanic Administration
Operator	8th Marine Surveillance Flotilla, South China Sea Fleet, China Marine Surveillance
Builder	Wuhan Shipbuilding
Commissioned	May 8, 2011
Decommissioned	July 2013
Fate	Transferred to China Coast Guard
History
China
Name	"Hai'an"(Chinese :海安)
Namesake	Hai'an Hai'an reef  [ zh ]
Operator	China Coast Guard
Acquired	July 2013
Homeport	Sanya
Identification	Pennant number: 5103 (formerly 3184)
Status	In service
General characteristics
Displacement	1,740 t [1]
Length	88 m [1]
Beam	12 m [1]
Draught	3.581 m [1]
Depth	5.6 m [1]
Speed	14 knots (cruise), 18 knots (maximum) [1]
Range	5,000 nm [1]
Complement	50 personnel [1]

Hai'an (5103) ^{[2] [3]} is a China Coast Guard cutter of the Shuwu-class cutters. ^[4] She is more commonly as Haijing 5103 or Haijing 3184 due to her current and former pennant numbers. She is a member of the 5th Bureau of the Coast Guard ^[2] and is stationed in Sanya. ^[5]

Design

The Hai'an has a displacement of 1740 tonnes, a length of 88 meters and a speed of 14 knots. It is operated by 50 personnel. ^[1] It additionally carries an Acoustic Doppler current profiler and a fathometer able to measure depths up to 5000 meters. ^[6]

History

Haijian 84 (Chinese :中国海监 84) was a China Marine Surveillance (CMS) cutter in the 8th Marine Surveillance Flotilla of the South China Sea Fleet. ^{[1] [6]} She was commissioned on May 8, 2011 and was stationed in Guangzhou. ^{[7] [1]}

On October 25, 2012, Haijian 84 entered Philippine claimed Chinese territory near Huangyan lsland. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

On July 2013, when the China Marine Surveillance was merged ^{[11] [12]} into the China Coast Guard, Haijian 84 was transferred to the China Coast Guard and renamed to Hai'an, ^[2] her pennant number changing to 3184 (later changed again to 5103 between 2017 and 2022 ^{[13] [14]} ). ^[4]

In 2017 the Hai'an responded to a hostage situation by pirates, rescuing 17 Chinese fishermen. ^{[13] [15]}

On 18 August 2022 the Hai'an rescued a Vietnamese fisherman which had fallen overboard. The fisherman was later handed to the Vietnam Coast Guard search and rescue tug CSB 9003. ^[14]

On 24 January 2025, Hai'an assisted in preventing a Philippine incursion in Sandy Cay. ^[16]

On 31 January 2025 Hai'an and several other China Coast Guard cutters including Nansha conducted patrols in the South China Sea. ^[3]

References

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3. "春節不休：解放軍黃岩島戰備警巡 12艘海警艦值守南海". 香港文匯網 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-03-02.
4. People's Liberation Army Navy, Coast Guard and Government Maritime Forces recognition guide 2022-2023, Office of Naval Intelligence, retrieved 3/3/2025
5. Martinson, Ryan D. (25 January 2021). "Early Warning Brief: Introducing the "New, New" China Coast Guard". Jamestown Foundation. China Brief. 21 (2). Retrieved 28 February 2025.
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7. "Haijian 84 Is Commissioned into CMS South China Sea Fleet". People's Daily (in Chinese). 8 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
8. "Scarborough shoal standoff: A timeline". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
9. Santos, Tina G. (April 11, 2012). "PH, Chinese naval vessels in Scarborough Shoal standoff". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
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