| Chinese frigate Zaozhuang (542) | |
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| File:PLANS Zaozhuang (FFG-542) 20200428.jpg Zaozhuang underway on 28 April 2020 | |
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| Name: | Zaozhuang |
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| Builder: | Huangpu, Shanghai |
| Laid down: | 22 December 2015 |
| Launched: | 30 June 2018 |
| Commissioned: | 22 February 2019 |
| Homeport: | Lüshunkou |
| Identification: | Pennant number: 542 |
| 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 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C |
| Aviation facilities: | hangar |
Zaozhuang (542) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 22 February 2019.
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[]
Zaozhuang was launched on 30 June 2018 at the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai. Commissioned on 22 February 2019.
RSS Intrepid and RSS Sovereignty conducted a joint naval exercise with Guiyang and Zaozhuang in the South China Sea on 24 February 2021.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 舰载武器SHIPBORNE WEAPONS 2013 AUGUST ISSUE
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Global Times: China and SG conduct joint naval exercise in South China Sea to 'address risks'" (in en-US). 2021-02-28. https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2021/02/28/global-times-china-and-sg-conduct-joint-naval-exercise-in-south-china-sea-to-address-risks/.
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