Type 051B destroyer
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 DDG 167 Shenzhen |
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| People's Republic of China |  |
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| Operators: |  People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Preceding class: | Type 052 |
| Following class: | Type 052B |
| In service: | 1998 |
| Ships in Class | |
| Ships in class: | 1 |
| Ships in active service: | Shenzhen |
| General Characteristics | |
| Class type: | Multi-role destroyer |
| Displacement: | 6,100 tons |
| Length: | 153 m |
| Beam: | 16.5 m |
| Draught: | 6 m |
| Propulsion and power: | 2 steam turbines |
| Speed: | 29-31 knots |
| Range: | 14,000 miles |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Armament: | 16 anti-ship missiles 24 surface-to-air missiles 2 dual purpose guns 8 anti-aircraft guns 6 torpedo tubes 2 anti-submarine rocket systems |
| Aircraft complement: | 2 helicopters |
| Aircraft facilities: | Hangar accommodating 2 helicopters Landing platform for one helicopter Helicopter landing system |
The Type 051B Luhai-class is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It consists of only one ship, No.167 Shenzhen. When Shenzhen was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy in 1998, it was then, the largest surface combatant that China had ever built. It resembles in many ways an enlarged version of the Luhu class destroyer, and is one of the first PLAN ships with slope-side hull to reduce radar signature.
[edit] History
Shenzhen was laid down by Dalian Shipyard in northeastern China in May 1996. Launch was the following year although official revelation of the ship's existence did not come until the year following its commissioning.
At first, analysts speculated that the ship would be equipped with VLS system in the forward section for air-defense SAMs. However when the ship was finally revealed, many were disappointed by its out-dated air-defense capability. The PLAN was unhappy with the design and no further ships of this class was built.
[edit] Specifications
- Unit cost - > 2 billion renminbi yuan per ship by 1980's price
- Ships - DDG 167 Shenzhen
- Propulsion - 2 steam turbines
- Length - 153 meter
- Beam - 16.5 meters
- Draft - 6 meters
- Displacement - 6,100 tons (standard); 6,600 tons (full load)
- Speed - 30 knots
- Crew - 250 (40 officers)
- Combat data system - ZKJ-6 Information processing system designed by the 709th Institute (Reported speed: 10MBPS)
- Data link: HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded)
- Communication: SNTI-240 SATCOM
- Radar
- Rice Shield 3-D air search radar
- Type 360S air/surface search radar
- Type 344 fire-control radar (for 100 mm gun & SSMs)
- Armament
- Helicopter - 2 medium helicopters (Kamov Ka-28 or Z-9C)
