| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Type 062 class |
| Operators: | People's Liberation Army Navy Egyptian Navy |
| Subclasses: | Shanghai-I class gunboat Shanghai-II class gunboat Fushun class minesweeper |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | Shanghai-I class : 125 tonnes (123 long tons; 138 short tons) full Shanghai-II class : 135 tonnes (133 long tons; 149 short tons) full |
| Length: | Shanghai-I class : 36 m (118 ft 1 in) Shanghai-II class : 38.78 m (127 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | Shanghai-I class : 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) Shanghai-II class : 5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) |
| Draft: | Shanghai-I class : 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) Shanghai-II class : 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Soviet M50F-4 diesel engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW) 2 × 12D6 diesel engines, 910 hp (679 kW) 4 × shafts |
| Speed: | 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
| Range: | 750 nmi (1,390 km) at 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement: | 36 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 × navigational or surface search radar |
| Armament: | Shanghai-I class : • 1 × twin Type 66 57 mm (2.2 in) gun • 4 × Type 61 25 mm (0.98 in) guns (2×2) • 8 × Depth charges Shanghai-II class : • 4 × Chinese Type 61 37 mm (1.5 in) guns (2×2) • 4 × Chinese Type 61 25 mm (0.98 in) guns (2×2) • 1 × Chinese 81 mm (3.2 in) recoilless gun (some) • 8 × Depth charges |
The Type 062 class gunboat is a class of gunboats of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. Successor to the Shantou class gunboat, it is also known by its NATO reporting name Shanghai-I and Shanghai-II. The class is larger than its predecessor and is the most widely built and exported Chinese military boat in terms of numbers. This unsophisticated class is relatively well-armed for its size, and with patrol mission as main duty, supplemented by ASW missions.
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The first of the Type 062 family was the Shanghai-I class, with a total of 12 built, some of which remained in active service well into the early 1990s. The Shanghai-I class was slightly smaller than its successor the Shanghai-II class, displacing 125 tons instead of 135 tons, and had a twin Chinese Type 66 57 mm gun mount forward. All other specifications are identical to the Shanghai-II class, which replaced the 57 mm with twin 37 mm gun mounts.
The Fushun class minesweeper was developed from Shanghai-II class gunboat. This minesweeper version had reduced armament, with minesweeping gear replacing some of the weapons. All other characteristics of this class are identical to the Shanghai-II class, and all of 20 units were transferred to the reserves, subordinated to the naval militia for training purposes, and are being mothballed.