Type 067 landing craft

Class overview
Name	Type 067
Builders	Huangzhou Shipyard [1]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy   Cameroon Navy   Sri Lanka Navy
Built	1968 [2] - 1992 [1]
In commission	c. 1970 - present
Completed	280 [1]
General characteristics
Type	Utility landing craft
Displacement	137 tonnes (full load) [2]
Length	28.6 metres (94 ft) [2]
Beam	5.4 metres (18 ft) [2]
Draught	1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) [2]
Propulsion	2 x Type 12V150 diesel engines; [2] 2 shafts [2] Total output: 600 hp (450 kW) [2]
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) [2]
Range	500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) [2]
Capacity	46 tonnes [2]
Complement	12 [2]
Sensors & processing systems	Fuji navigation radar [2]
Armament	2 x twin 14.5 mm machine guns [2]

The Type 067 (NATO reporting name: Yunnan) is a class of utility landing craft (LCU) of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Production ran from 1968 to 1972, possibly restarting by 1982, ^[2] and ending in 1992. ^[1]

Operators

Cameroon

Cameroon received two from China in 2002. ^[3]

China

By 2015 most were in reserve or in non-naval service. ^[2]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka received one from China in 1991 and another in 1995. ^[2]

References

1. Wertheim 2013, p. 130.
2. Saunders 2015, p. 155.
3. Saunders 2015, p. 97.

Sources

• Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015). Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group. ISBN   978-0710631435.
• 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.