Type 905 replenishment oiler

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Hongzehu at Pearl Harbor in 2006.
Class overview
Builders Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company [1]
Operators
Succeeded by Type 908 replenishment ship
In commission1980–present
Completed4
Active2
Retired2
General characteristics
Type Replenishment oiler
Displacement22,099 tons (full load) [2]
Length168.2 metres (552 ft) [2]
Beam21.8 metres (72 ft) [2]
Draught9.4 metres (31 ft) [2]
Propulsion
  • 1 x Sulzer 8RL B66 diesel engine; [2]
  • 1 shaft; [2]
  • Total output: 15,000 hp (11,000 kW) [2]
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) [2]
Range18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km; 21,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) [2]
Capacity10,550 tons of fuel oil, 1000 tons of diesel, 200 tons of feed water, 200 tons of drinking water [3]
Complement130 [2]
Sensors and
processing systems
Aircraft carried1 medium helicopter [2]
Aviation facilitiesflight deck [2]

The Type 905 (NATO reporting name: Fuqing) is a class of replenishment oiler (AOR) built for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) by the People's Republic of China (PRC). They were the first ships built to perform underway replenishment in the PLAN. [2]

Contents

Four Type 905s were built. The three PLAN ships began entering service by the early 1980s. One was transferred to the Chinese merchant navy in 1989. [2] [1] The remainder were likely decommissioned by 2020. [4] The fourth ship entered service with the Pakistan Navy in 1987. [5] [6]

Design

The Type 905 has three replenishment positions on each side; the forward two are for liquids, and the rear is for solids. [5]

Ships of the class

NameHull No.BuilderLaunchedCommissionedFormationStatusNotes
People's Liberation Army Navy
Hongzhu [2] 881 [2] Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company [1] East Sea Fleet [2] Retired [4] Formerly Taicang, Beiyu (575) [1]
Poyanghu [2] 887 [3] Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company [1] North Sea Fleet [2] Retired [4] Formerly Dongyun (615) [1]
Pakistan Navy
Nasr [5] A47 [5] Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company [5] 14 March 1987 [6] 1 August 1987 [7] 9th Auxiliary and Mine Warfare Squadron [5] Active [5]
Chinese merchant navy
Hai Lang [2] Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company [1] Active [2] Formerly Hongcang (950) of the PLAN [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wertheim 2013, pp. 133–134.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Saunders 2015, p. 161.
  3. 1 2 Saunders 2015, p. 160.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Saunders 2015, p. 613.
  6. 1 2 Wertheim 2013, p. 512.
  7. ↑ "Fleet Tankers". Pakistan Navy. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

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