Chinese replenishment ship Qinghaihu

Class overview
Builders	Kherson Shipyard ; Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company ;
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by	Type 905 replenishment oiler
Succeeded by	Type 903 replenishment ship
In commission	1996-present
History
People's Republic of China
Name	Qinghaihu
Laid down	January 1989
Launched	April 1992
Commissioned	2 June 1996
Identification	Hull number: 885
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Komandarm Fedko-class oiler
Displacement	37,594 tons (full load)
Length	178.9 metres (587 ft)
Beam	25.3 metres (83 ft)
Draught	11 metres (36 ft)
Propulsion	1 x Bryansk-Burmeister & Wain 6DKRN74/160-3 diesel engine;; 1 shaft;; Total output: 10,600 bhp (7,900 kW);
Speed	16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph)
Range	18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km; 21,000 mi) at 14.6 knots (27.0 km/h; 16.8 mph)
Capacity	9630 tons of fuel oil
Complement	125
Aircraft carried	1 x Harbin Z-8
Aviation facilities	Hangar and flight deck

Last updated June 16, 2023

Qinghaihu is a Komandarm Fedko-class replenishment oiler of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Ukraine sold the incomplete ship in 1992 to the People's Republic of China, where it was completed and commissioned in 1996.^[1]

Design

The superstructure is modified with a deckhouse forward of the bridge and a working area built over the fuel cargo tanks. The stern is sponsoned for the helicopter pad; a small hangar is also installed.^[2]

There are four fuel and two solid store transfer stations. Refueling may be conducted from the stern.^[2]

History

The ship was laid down in January 1989 by the Soviet Union at the Kherson Shipyard as Vladimir Peregudov.^[1] In 1992, China bought the incomplete ship from Ukraine for $10 million.^[2] According to Zhang Gang, chief designer of the replenishment oiler HTMS Similan, the purchase was made after the Chinese effort to design a new replenishment ship - ultimately the Type 903 replenishment ship - was delayed due to cost; the PLAN requirement was for one large replenishment per fleet, and it only had two Type 905 replenishment oilers.^[4]

The ship sailed nearly complete to Dalian, China in 1993, and completed by the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company. She was commissioned into the PLAN in 1996 and assigned to the South Sea Fleet.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Saunders 2015, p. 161.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Wertheim 2013, p. 134.
↑ United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence (19 February 2020). PLA Navy Identification Guide (Report). Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
↑ Sheldon-Duplaix 2017, p. 100.

Sources

Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015). Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710631435.
Sheldon-Duplaix, Alexandre (2017). "China's Auxiliary Fleet: Supporting a Blue-Water Navy in the Far Seas?". China's Evolving Surface Fleet. CSMI Red Book. Vol. 14. United States Naval War College. ISBN 978-1-935352-45-7.
Wertheim, Eric (2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (16 ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1591149545.

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[FOOTNOTESaunders2015161-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Saunders 2015, p. 161.

[FOOTNOTEWertheim2013134-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Wertheim 2013, p. 134.

[oni_2020_PLAN_ID_Guide-3] United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence (19 February 2020). PLA Navy Identification Guide (Report). Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

[FOOTNOTESheldon-Duplaix2017100-4] Sheldon-Duplaix 2017, p. 100.

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