Type 813 spy ship
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Type 813 spy ship is the first purpose-built, indigenously designed spy ship entering service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
Type 813 is the result of the urgent need of specialized spy ship for intelligence gathering missions in the mid-1970s, and to speed up the program, it was decided in October 1976 that the newly constructed spy ship would share the same hull of Type 645 oceanographic research ship. Design begun in August 1977 by the 2nd Directorate of the 708th Institute of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, which is also more commonly known as China Shipbuilding and Oceanic Engineering Design Academy (中国船舶及海洋工程设计研究) nowadays. Design work was compeleted in Sep 1980 and construction immediately begun in the same month. There are a total of ten sets of reconnaissance equipment onboard and the ship entered service with South Sea Fleet. The ship is designed to withstand storm with wind scale of 12. Specification
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Career (China) |
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Name: |
Neptune (852) |
Builder: |
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding |
Laid down: |
September 1980 |
Launched: |
September 1982 |
Commissioned: |
April 1983 |
General characteristics [1] |
Class and type: | Type 813-class spy ship |
Displacement: | 4,590 t (4,520 long tons) |
Length: | 112.22 m (368.2 ft) |
Beam: | 15.2 m (50 ft) |
Draft: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
Propulsion: | 2 x 9ESDZ43/82B medium/low speed diesel engines @ 3308 kW (4500 hp) w/ 200 rpm |
Speed: | 19 kn (22 mph) |
Range: | 12,000 nmi (14,000 mi) @ 17 kn (20 mph) |
Complement: | 150 |
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- Project 636 Kilo II class
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- P4 class
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- Type 062-I Shanghai III class
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- Type 062 Shanghai I class
- Type 206 Huludao class
- Shantou class+
- Beihai class+
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- Yulin class+
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- Type 037-IS Haiqing class
- Type 037-I Haijiu class
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- Type 037 Hainan class
- Project 122bis Kronshtadt class
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- Type 716-II Dagu B class LCAC
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- Type 271 Yupen class LCU+
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| * = Under construction or procurement + = Retired |
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