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Chinese frigate Handan (579)

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Chinese frigate Handan (579)
File:Handan (579) Frigate - Side View.jpg
Handan moored at Manila South Harbor on 19 January 2019
Career (China)
Name: Handan
Namesake:
  • Handan
  • (邯郸)
Builder: Huangpu, Shanghai
Launched: 26 July 2014
Commissioned: 16 August 2018
Homeport: Lüshunkou
Identification: Pennant number: 579
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class & type: Type 054A frigate
Displacement: 4,053 tonnes (full)
Length: 134.1 m (440 ft)
Beam: 16 m (52 ft)
Propulsion: CODAD, 4 × Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each
Speed: 27 knots estimated
Range: 8,025 nautical miles (9,235 mi; 14,862 km) estimated
Complement: 165
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Type 382 Radar
  • Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand) OTH target acquisition and SSM fire control radar
  • 4 × Type 345 Radar(MR-90 Front Dome) SAM fire control radars
  • MR-36A surface search radar, I-band
  • Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar
  • 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band
  • MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system
  • H/SJG-206 towed array sonar
  • ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system
  • HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded)
  • SNTI-240 SATCOM
  • AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Type 922-1 radar warning receiver
  • HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system
  • Kashtan-3 missile jamming system
    • Armament:
  • 1 × 32-cell VLS
  • 2 × 4 C-803 anti-ship / land attack cruise missiles
  • 1 × PJ26 76 mm dual purpose gun
  • 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns or Type 1130
  • 2 × 3 324mm Yu-7 ASW torpedo launchers
  • 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried)
  • 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers
    • Aircraft carried: 1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C
    Aviation facilities: hangar

    Handan (579) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 16 August 2018.

    Development and design[]

    Main article: Type 054A frigate

    The Type 054A carries HQ-16 medium-range air defence missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system. The HQ-16 has a range of up to 50 km, with superior range and engagement angles to the Type 054's HQ-7. The Type 054A's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes.[1]

    The four AK-630 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) of the Type 054 were replaced with two Type 730 CIWS on the Type 054A. The autonomous Type 730 provides improved reaction time against close-in threats.[2]

    Construction and career[]

    Handan was launched on 26 July 2014 at the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai. Commissioned on 16 August 2018.

    On 17 January 2019, Dongpinghu, Wuhu and Handan made a goodwill visit to Manila.[3]

    Gallery[]

    References[]

    1. ↑ 舰载武器SHIPBORNE WEAPONS 2013 AUGUST ISSUE
    2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070107054058/http://mil.jschina.com.cn/huitong/Jiangkai_Jiangwei.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-27. 
    3. ↑ "Chinese warships dock in Manila for goodwill visit". https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/01/17/1885882/chinese-warships-dock-manila-goodwill-visit. 
    * = Under construction or procurement, CG= Classified as guided missile cruiser by NATO, FF= Classified as light frigate by PLAN
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