Type 082 class minesweeper
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The Type 082 class minesweeper is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy ship class. It is also known as Wosao class. This project was first jointly designed by the 708th and 710th institutes in 1976 but the first of unit did not enter service until 1987. This class was consequently upgraded by doubling the number of engines and shafts, and most units were built by the Wusong Shipyard at Shanghai. This minesweeper carries Type 317 magnetic sweeping gear, Type 318 mechanical sweeping gear, Type 318 acoustic sweeping gear, and Type 319 infrasonic sweeping gear, and it can also be used as a minelayer.
- Displacement: 320 t
- Length: 44.8 m
- Beam: 6.8 m
- Draft: 2.3 m
- Speed: 25 kt
- Range: 500 nm or 900 nm @ 15 kt
- Propulsion: 2 or 4 diesel engines @ 2,000 hp or 4,400 hp with 2 or 4 shafts
- Complement: 40 (including 6 officers)
- Armament: 4 Chinese Type 61 25mm guns (II x 2) and 6 mines
- Radar: 1 Type 753 I-band navigational radar
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