Class overview | |
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Builders: | Huangpu Shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard |
Operators: | People's Liberation Army Navy |
In commission: | 2004 |
Completed: | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 23,000 tonnes |
Length: | 178.5m |
Beam: | 24.8m |
Draught: | 8.7m |
Propulsion: | 2 diesels 24,000 hp, 2 shafts |
Speed: | 19 knots |
Range: | 10,000 nm at 14 kts |
Complement: | 130 |
Aircraft carried: | 2 Z-8 helicopters |
Aviation facilities: | hangar and flight deck |
The Qiandaohu-class replenishment ship (NATO codename: Fuchi) entered service with the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in 2003. The class' chief designer was Zhang Wende (张文德).
886 Qiandaohu (千岛湖) was built at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai and launched in July 2003. The ship entered service with the PLAN East Sea Fleet on 30 April 2005.
887 Weishanhu (微山湖) was built by Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou.