Type 053H2G frigate

PLAN Type 053H2G (Jiangwei I) frigate Huainan (540)
Class overview
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force (former) People's Armed Police China Coast Guard Sri Lanka Navy
Preceded by	Type 053H2 Jianghu-III
Succeeded by	Type 053H3 frigate
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	2,250 tons standard 2,393 tons full load
Length	112 m (367 ft 5 in)
Beam	12.4 m (40 ft 8 in)
Draught	4.3 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)
Speed	28 knots (52  km/h; 32  mph) [1]
Range	5,000 mi (8,000 km) at 15 to 16 knots (28 to 30 km/h; 17 to 18 mph)
Complement	168 (with 30 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Type 360 Radar (SR60) Surface Search, E/F band Type 517H-1 (Knife Rest) 2D long-range air search, A-band Type 345 Radar (MR35) Surface-to-air missile and 100 mm gun fire-control, J-band Type 352 Radar (Square Tie) surface search and SSM fire control, I-band 2 × Type 347G/EFR-1 (Rice Lamp) dual 37 mm AA gun fire control, I-band 2 × Racal RM-1290 Navigation radar, I-band
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

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 gun s were removed ^[4] ; the Z-9C helicopter was also replaced with a Z-8. On Haijing 2201(former Anqing) the twin 37mm guns were further replaced with twin 25mm cannons. ^[5]

Ships of Class

Number	Pennant Number	Name	Namesake	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fleet	Status
1	539	安庆 / Anqing	City of Anqing	Hudong, Shanghai	June 1990	July 1992	East Sea Fleet	Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Haijing 31239 and then to Haijing 2201. [6]
2	540	淮南 / Huainan	City of Huainan	Hudong, Shanghai	December 1990	December 1992	East Sea Fleet	Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Haijing 31240 and then to Haijing 31240. [6]
3	541	淮北 / Huaibei	City of Huaibei	Hudong, Shanghai	December 1992	July 1993	East Sea Fleet	Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Haijing 31241 and then to Haijing 2203. [6]
4	542	铜陵 / Tongling	City of Tongling	Hudong, Shanghai	December 1993	July 1994	East Sea Fleet	Decommissioned 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. 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

External links

• Sino Defense Today