Fulin-class oil tanker

Class overview
Name: Fulin class
Builders: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai
Operators: People's Liberation Army Navy
Completed: 20
General characteristics [1]
Type:Replenishment oiler
Displacement:2,200 tonnes (2,200 long tons) full load
Length:66 m (216 ft 6 in)
Beam:10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught:4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:1 × 600 hp (447 kW) diesel engine
Speed:10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range:1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement:30
Sensors and
processing systems:
1 former-USSR Fine Curve navigational radar
Armament:2 × twin 25 mm guns

The Fulin class oil tanker is a class of Chinese tanker that is in service with People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, around 20 entered service with PLAN from 1972 onward, and are currently being phased out after being transferred to reserve.[1]

Reference

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. Naval Institute Press. 2007. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2.