Chinese frigate Binzhou

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Binzhou underway on 26 March 2020
History
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NameBinzhou
Namesake
Builder Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai
Launched13 December 2015
Commissioned29 December 2016
Homeport Zhoushan, Zhejiang
Identification Pennant number: 515
Motto勇武至诚,精武制胜 (Be brave and sincere, elitely achieve victory)
StatusActive
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General characteristics
Class & type Type 054A frigate
Displacement4,053 tonnes (full)
Length134.1 m (440 ft)
Beam16 m (52 ft)
Propulsion CODAD, 4 × Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each
Speed27 knots estimated
Range8,025 nautical miles (9,235 mi; 14,862 km) estimated
Complement165
Sensors &
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
  • 1 × 32-cell VLS
  • 2 × 4 C-803 anti-ship / land attack cruise missiles
  • 1 × PJ26 76 mm dual-purpose gun
  • 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns or Type 1130
  • 2 × 3 324mm Yu-7 ASW torpedo launchers
  • 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried)
  • 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers
Aircraft carried1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C
Aviation facilities hangar

Binzhou (515) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 29 December 2016. She is stationed in Zhoushan, Zhejiang. [1] She is part of the East Sea Fleet. [2]

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Development and design

The Type 054A carries HQ-16 medium-range air defence missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system. The HQ-16 has a range of up to 50 km, with superior range and engagement angles to the Type 054's HQ-7. The Type 054A's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes. [3]

The four AK-630 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) of the Type 054 were replaced with two Type 730 CIWS on the Type 054A. The autonomous Type 730 provides improved reaction time against close-in threats. [4]

Construction and career

Binzhou was launched on 13 December 2015 at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 29 December 2016. [5]

She was part of the 29th Escort Task Group in the Gulf of Aden, being deployed on April 4, 2018, [6] and had a stopover in the Port of Piraeus, where she was visited by the then Chinese ambassador to Greece Zou Xiaoli  [ zh ] on June 1st. [7]

References

  1. "滨州舰入列命名授旗仪式在我市举行". Zhoushan Radio Station. Archived from the original on 2016-12-29.
  2. "开火!东部战区海军舰艇编队实兵实弹演练". Xinhua. 2023-08-07.
  3. 舰载武器SHIPBORNE WEAPONS 2013 AUGUST ISSUE
  4. "Chinese Navy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  5. "China commissions 23rd Type 054A frigate into East Sea Fleet | IHS Jane's 360". 2017-01-01. Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2020-12-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. "海军第29批护航编队启航". Ministry of National Defense. 2018-04-05.
  7. "驻希腊大使邹肖力参观在比雷埃夫斯港作技术停靠的中国海军第二十九批护航编队滨州舰". Chinese embassy to Greece. 2018-06-02.