Type 053H2G frigate – Wikipedia

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Chinese navy ships

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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
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
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
  • 1 × 6-cell HQ-61 Surface-to-air missile system
  • 1 × PJ33A dual 100 mm gun (automatic)
  • 4 × Type 76A dual-37 mm AA guns
  • 2 × 6-tube Type 3200 ASW rocket launchers (36 rockets)
  • 2 × DC racks & launcher
  • 6 × torpedo launchers
  • 2 × Type 946/PJ-46 15-barrel decoy rocket launchers
Aircraft carried Harbin Z-9C
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 Only four units were built before the class was superseded by the more capable Type 053H3 (Jiangwei II) class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]

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History[edit]

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.

Ships of Class[edit]

Number Pennant Number Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
1 539 安庆 / Anqing Hudong June 1990 July 1992 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Coast Guard Patrol Ship #31239.
2 540 淮南 / Huainan Hudong December 1990 December 1992 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Coast Guard Patrol Ship #31240.
3 541 淮北 / Huaibei Hudong December 1992 July 1993 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Coast Guard Patrol Ship #31241.
4 542 铜陵 / Tongling Hudong December 1993 July 1994 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Sri Lanka Navy in September 2018 as SLNS Parakramabahu (P625)

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