Type 051B destroyer
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 DDG 167 Shenzhen in Apra Harbor, Guam | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: |  People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Preceded by: | Type 052 |
| Succeeded by: | Type 051C and Type 052B |
| Cost: | 2 billion renminbi yuan per ship by 1980s price |
| In service: | 1998 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Active: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6,100 tons |
| Length: | 153 m |
| Beam: | 16.5 m |
| Draught: | 6 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 Steam turbines 94,000 shp (70,100 kW) |
| Speed: | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
| Range: | 14,000 miles |
| Complement: | 250 (40 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Combat data system - ZKJ-6 Information processing system designed by the 709th Institute (Reported speed: 10 Mbit/s)
Type 344 fire-control radar (for 100 mm gun & SSMs)Data link: HN-900 (Chinese equivalent ofLink 11 A/B, to be upgraded) Communication: SNTI-240 SATCOM Rice Shield 3-D air search radar Type 360S air/surface search radar |
| Armament: | 16 anti-ship missiles 16 HQ-7 surface-to-air missiles (8 ready to fire + reload) 1 dual 100mm gun 4 dual-37mm anti-aircraft guns 6 torpedo tubes 2 anti-submarine rocket systems |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 helicopters: (Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9C) |
| Aviation facilities: | Hangar accommodating 2 helicopters Landing platform for one helicopter Helicopter landing system |
The Type 051B Luhai-class is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It consists of only one ship, No.167 Shenzhen. WhenShenzhen was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy in 1998, it was then, the largest surface combatant that China had ever built. It resembles in many ways an enlarged version of the Luhu-class destroyer, and is one of the first PLAN ships with a slope-sided hull to reduce radar signature.
History[edit]
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Shenzhen was laid down by Dalian Shipyard in Northeastern China in May 1996. The Shenzhen was intended to be an experimental improvement on the Luhu-class' in terms of modular construction and stealth. The ship is powered by two indigenous steam turbine engines, due to Dalian Shipyard's experience with steam turbines and that Chinese domestic research and development on marine gas turbines was not yet mature. TheLuhai-class is 2,000 tons larger than the Type 052 destroyer, Luhu-class. The launch was in 1997 although official revelation of the ship's existence did not come until the year following its commissioning. The chief designer of this class is academic, Mr. Pan Jingfu (潘镜芙), who is also the designer of the predecessor and follow-up of this class of ship.
Analysts speculated that the ship would be equipped with VLS system in the forward section for air-defense SAMs. However, when the ship was finally revealed, it was still armed with the 8-cell HQ-7 SAM launcher. These SAMs lack effectiveness against sea skimming missiles with multiple approach angles. The PLAN was unhappy with the design and no further ships of this class were built.
The sole Type 051B destroyer 167 Shenzhen participated in the PLA Navy’s first goodwill visit to Africa in 2000, the first visit to Europe in 2001 and the first visit to Japan in 2007. In 2004, the ship received its mid-life modernization refit, with its original 100mm main gun and the HQ-7 air defense missile system being replaced by improved models.
Type 051B destroyer 167 Shenzhen visited Kochi, India for four days in August 2009, after deployment in the Gulf of Aden on anti-piracy operations.
Ships of Class[edit]
| Number | Pennant Number | Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status |
| 1 | 167 | 深圳 / Shenzhen | Dalian | October 1997 | February 1999 | South Sea Fleet | Active. |
External links[edit]
Media related to Shenzhen class destroyer at Wikimedia Commons | This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (June 2007) |
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