Type 037-IG class missile boat | |
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Class overview | |
Builders: | Qiuxing and Huangpu Shipyard |
Operators: | People's Liberation Army Navy |
Preceded by: | Type 024 class missile boat |
Built: | 1991–1999 |
Completed: | 16 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Missile boat |
Displacement: | 478 tons |
Length: | 62.8 m (206 ft) |
Beam: | 7.2 m (24 ft) |
Draft: | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Installed power: | 2 Chinese PR 230ZC diesel engines at 4,000 hp (3,000 kW) |
Propulsion: | 4 shafts |
Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range: | 750 nmi (1,390 km; 860 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement: | 71 |
Sensors and processing systems: |
Surface search radar: 1 × I-band Type 352 (Square Tie) Navigational radar: 1 × I-band Type 723 Fire control radar: 1 × I-band Type 347 (Rice Lamp) |
Armament: |
Anti-ship missiles: 4 × C-801/802/803 Guns: 4 × Type 76A 37 mm gun (II x 2) 4 × Type 69 14.5 mm heavy machine guns (II x 2) |
A total of 16 Type 037-1G class missile boat (also known as Houxin class) were first built by Qiuxing and Huangpu Shipyard from 1991 through 1999. This class appears to be the successor of Hegu class missile boat for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). In addition to the PLAN, 6 were exported to Myanmar: 2 in 1995, 2 in July 1996, and 2 in late 1997. This boat is the anti-ship version of the Hainan class submarine chaser armed with missiles. It is most effectively used in conjunction with multiple missile boats to send a swarm of missiles towards its intended target and then egress from the area immediately. The swarm of anti-ship missiles will hopefully slip past the target's air defenses for at least one or possibly more hits.
External links[]
- "Type 037-IG (Houxin Class) Missile Corvette". http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/littoral/type037ig_houxin.asp.
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