| Anshan-class destroyer | |
|---|---|
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| Class overview | |
| Builders: | Komsomolsk Dockyard, USSR |
| Operators: | People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Built: | 1936-42 |
| In commission: | 1955-1980's (China) |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| Preserved: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,040 tons full load |
| Length: | 112.9 meters |
| Beam: | 10.2 meters |
| Draught: | 3.8 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared steam turbines, |
| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,600 nautical miles (4,820 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 197 |
| Armament: | 4 x HY-2 SSM, 4 x 130 mm gun 8 x 37 mm gun, torpedoes, mines |
The Anshan-class destroyers were the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) first destroyers. They were ex-Soviet Gnevny-class destroyers purchased in the 1950s. The Chinese later added HY-2 anti-ship missiles and removed some of the torpedo tubes, and redesignated as Type 6607.
The Anshan's were withdrawn from active service by the 1990s, but retained as training (# 104) and museum ships (# 101). The PLAN retains ownership through PLAN funded institutions.[1]
After 1949 PLAN negotiated with Britain through HK to buy some second-hand ships and boats but the route is cut by Korean War.So they turned to USSR to buy 4 wornout destroyers with 17 tons of gold.[2]
Ship List[]
- Anshan (# 101) ex-Rekordny,
- Museum ship in Qingdao from 1992.
- Fushun (# 102) ex-Rezkiy,
- Scrapped 1980s
- Changchun (#103) ex-Reshitelny,
- Decommissioned 1990, museum ship in Rushan.
- Taiyuan (#104) ex-Chin Lin, ex-Retivy,
- Stationary training ship at the Dalian Naval Insititute.
References[]
- Yakubov, Vladimir; Worth, Richard (2008). "The Soviet Project 7/7U Destroyers". In Jordan, John; Dent, Stephen. Warship 2008. London: Conway. pp. 99–114. ISBN 978-1-84486-062-3.
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