Chinese frigate Yingtan

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Yingtan as a museum ship in Qingdao.
History
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Name
  • Yingtan
  • (鹰潭)
Namesake Yingtan
Builder Hudong Shipyard, Shanghai [1]
Laid down1970 [1]
Launched1971 [2]
CommissionedDecember 1974 [2]
Decommissioned1994 [2]
Identification Pennant number: 531
Status Museum ship at the Chinese Navy Museum, Qingdao
General characteristics
Class and type Type 053K frigate
Displacement
  • 1,700 standard [1]
  • 2,000 full load [1]
Length103.2 m (339 ft) [1]
Beam10.2 m (33 ft) [1]
Draft3.1 m (10 ft) [1]
Propulsion
Speed26 knots [1]
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) [1]
Complement185 [1]
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
2 x Jug Pair ESM [1]
Armament

Yingtan (531) was the sole Type 053K (NATO reporting name: Jiangdong) frigate constructed by the People's Republic of China for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). [2] She was equipped with HQ-61 surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and the Type 381 radar, making her the first PLAN ship equipped with either surface-to-air missiles or modern air search radar. [1]

Yingtan formally entered service in 1974, but was only named on 1 August 1986. She participated in the Johnson South Reef Skirmish in 1988. The frigate retired in 1994 and became a museum ship at the Chinese Navy Museum in Qingdao. [2]

A sister ship was being constructed at the Qiuxin Shipyard by 1979 [1] but was not completed.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Sharpe, Richard, ed. (1989). Jane's Fighting Ships 1989-90. Jane's Information Group. p. 106. ISBN   978-0710608864.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Frigate 531". Chinese Navy Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2022.

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