Type 053H2G frigate

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PLAN Type 053H2G (Jiangwei I) frigate Huainan (540)
Class overview
Operators
Preceded by Type 053H2 Jianghu-III
Succeeded by Type 053H3 frigate
Planned4
Completed4
Active4
General characteristics
Type Frigate
Displacement
  • 2,250 tons standard
  • 2,393 tons full load
Length112 m (367 ft 5 in)
Beam12.4 m (40 ft 8 in)
Draught4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion CODAD, 2 shaft, 2 x 18E390VA diesel at 14,000  hp (10,000  kW) & 2x MTU diesel at 8,840 hp (6,590 kW)
Speed28 knots (52  km/h; 32  mph) [1]
Range5,000 mi (8,000 km) at 15 to 16 knots (28 to 30 km/h; 17 to 18 mph)
Complement168 (with 30 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Data link: HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded)
  • Communication: SNTI-240 SATCOM
  • Combat Data System: ZKJ-3C
  • RWD-8 (Jug Pair) intercept
  • Type 981-3 EW Jammer
  • SR-210 Radar warning receiver
  • Type 651A IFF
Armament
  • (Missiles removed after transferred to Coast Guard)
  • 6 × YJ-83 SSM in 2 x 3-cell box launchers (removed in Chinese Coast Guard Service)
  • 1 × 6-cell HQ-61 Surface-to-air missile system (removed in Chinese Coast Guard Service)
  • 1 × PJ33A dual 100 mm gun (automatic) (removed in Chinese Coast Guard Service)
  • 4 × Type 76A dual-37 mm AA guns (replaced with 25mm cannons on Haijing 2201)
  • 2 × 6-tube Type 3200 ASW rocket launchers (36 rockets) (removed in Chinese Coast Guard Service)
  • 2 × DC racks & launcher (removed in Chinese Coast Guard Service)
  • 6 × torpedo launchers (removed in Chinese Coast Guard Service)
  • 2 × Type 946/PJ-46 15-barrel decoy rocket launchers (removed in Chinese Coast Guard Service)
Aircraft carried Harbin Z-9C (Replaced with Z-8 in Chinese Coast Guard Service)
Aviation facilities Hangar

The Type 053H2G (NATO codename Jiangwei I) were Chinese frigates that entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in the 1990s. They were later variants of the Type 053 frigate family, and were the PLAN's first multi-role frigates. Only four units were built before the class was superseded by the more capable Type 053H3 (Jiangwei II) class

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Three vessels are currently serving as coast guard cutters and the frigate Tongling was transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy in 2019 as a patrol vessel, which was commissioned as SLNS Parakramabahu. [2]

History

In the 1980s, the PLAN ordered Shanghai-based Hudong Shipyard (now Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard) to build a replacement for the Type 053K air defence frigate. The new class was based on the Type 053H2 frigate and designated Type 053H2G. Development was carried out under Project 055.

The Type 053H2G was slightly larger than the Type 053H2, and equipped with HQ-61B surface-to-air missiles (SAM). Four Type 053H2G were built between 1988 and 1991. Some sources claim they were called Type 055 and uprated with HQ-7 SAMs; [3] the alternate designation may have been confused with the Type 053H2G's development designation.

The HQ-61 SAM proved unsatisfactory and the class was superseded by the Type 053H3 which was an improved Type 053H2G equipped with HQ-7 SAMs.

When the first three ships (Anqing, Huaibei and Huainan) of the class were transferred to the Coast Guard, all weapons except for the 4 Type 76 twin 37 mm naval guns were removed; [4] the Z-9C helicopter was also replaced with a Z-8. On Jintang(former Anqing) the twin 37mm guns were further replaced with twin 25mm cannons. [5]

All of the ships handed to the CCG are in the 2nd Bureau of the China Coast Guard, stationed in Ningbo. [6]

Ships of Class

NumberPennant NumberNameNamesakeBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFleetStatus
1539 (In navy service)

31239 (Pre-2018 Coast guard service)
2201 (Post-2018 Coast Guard Servcice) [7]

安庆 / Anqing (In Navy service)


金塘 / Jintang (In Coast Guard service) [8]

City of Anqing (In navy service)

Jintang island (In coast guard service)

 Hudong, Shanghai June 1990July 1992East Sea FleetDecommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Jintang(31239); later renumbered to 2201. [7]
2540 (In navy service)

31240 (Pre-2018 Coast guard service)
2202 (Post-2018 Coast Guard service) [7]

淮南 / Huainan (In navy service)

洞头 / Dongtou (In Coast Guard service) [9] [10] [8]

City of Huainan (In navy service)

District of Dongtou (in coast guard service)

Hudong, ShanghaiDecember 1990December 1992East Sea FleetDecommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Dongtou (31240), later renumbered to 2202. [7]
3541 (In navy service)

31241 (Pre-2018 coast guard service)
2203 (Post-2018 coast guard service)

淮北 / Huaibei (in navy service)

玉环 / Yuhuan (in coast guard service) [9] [10] [11]

City of Huaibei (In navy service)

City of Yuhuan (In coast guard service)

Hudong, ShanghaiDecember 1992July 1993East Sea FleetDecommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Yuhuan (31241), later renumbered to 2203. [7]
4542 铜陵 / Tongling City of Tongling Hudong, ShanghaiDecember 1993July 1994East Sea FleetDecommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Sri Lanka Navy in September 2018 as SLNS Parakramabahu (P625)

References

  1. ↑ "Jiangwei frigates- People's Liberation Army Navy".
  2. ↑ "Sri Lanka receives gifted Chinese frigate (June 10, 2019)". Naval Today. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Toppan, Andrew. "World Navies Today: Chinese Surface Combatants." Haze Gray & Underway.2002-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
  4. ↑ 中時新聞網 (2024-03-03). "我海巡艦不是對手？陸「軍艦改裝成海警船」 軍事專家曝優勢 - 政治". 中時新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  5. ↑ "別小看大陸海警船！「軍艦改裝」有炮火 ：還可載直升機". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 CHINA PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PLAN), COAST GUARD, AND GOVERNMENT MARINE FORCES 2022-2023 RECOGNITION AND IDENTIFICATION GUIDE, Office of Naval Intelligence, retrieved 27/2/2025
  8. 1 2 ""360"服务走基层 送上"初夏甘霖"". Weixin official accounts platform. China Coast Guard.
  9. 1 2 "中国海警局东海分局编制和部分主力舰艇".
  10. 1 2 "福建海警厦金海海域执法，力压伪海巡署巡防艇，龟缩在金门岛不出港".
  11. ↑ "中国海警成功打掉特大海上走私香烟犯罪团伙 案值近10亿元". Xinhua.
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