Type 272 icebreaker
Class overview | |
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Operators: | People's Liberation Army Navy |
Preceded by: | Type 210 icebreaker |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Replenishment ship |
Displacement: | 4,860 tonnes (4,780 long tons; 5,360 short tons) |
Length: | 103.1 m (338 ft 3 in) |
Beam: | 18.4 m (60 ft 4 in) |
Installed power: | Internal combustion engine |
Propulsion: | Diesel engines |
Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range: | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) |
Sensors and processing systems: | navigational radar |
Type 272 icebreaker is the third generation icebreaker indigenously developed by China for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
Type 272 icebreaker is the improvement over earlier Type 210 icebreaker and it is larger than its predecessor.[1] The pennant number of the first unit of Type 272 consists of two Chinese character Hai-bing (海冰, meaning Sea Ice in Chinese), followed by a three digit number, and this pennant number is the same pennant number used by a first generation Chinese icebreaker Type 071 that retired in June 2013, five months before the start of the construction of the first unit of this first unit of Type 272 icebreaker in November 2013.[1] Type 272 has more advanced design features in comparison to earlier Chinese icebreakers, such as the incorporation of multifunction displays,[1] and it can withstand wind scale of 12 when sailing.[1]
Type | Pennant # | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status | Fleet |
272 | Haibing 722 | November 2013 | March 2015 | Jan 1, 2016 | Active | North Sea Fleet |
Reference
- 1 2 3 4 "Type 272 icebreaker". Retrieved January 2, 2016.