053h3 missile frigate

NATO code name: Jiangwei Class Type 2

Captain: 115 meters,

Ship width: 14 meters,

Drain: 4.8 meters.

Standard displacement: 2250 tons

Speed: 27 knots

Endurance: 4000 nautical miles/18 knots

Personnel: 170

power:

The main engine is 2 12e390 diesel engines, with a continuous power of 14,400 horsepower and dual-axis.

Weapons and Equipment:

Artillery: a double-equipped 100mm cannon

Anti-ship missiles: 2 quad-mounted yj83 missile launchers;

Air Defense Missile: 1 8-mounted Hongqi-7 air defense missile launcher

Anti-submarine rocket: 2 Rbu12005 tube fixed launchers

2-seater srbocmk366 tube foil interfering transmitter

2 domestically produced 26-tube foil emitters.

Electronic support: rwd8; listen.

Electronic interference:nj81-3; interference.

radar:

Search for air/sea: "knife holder", g-band.

Fire control: "Sun visor", i-band;

"Fog lamp", i/j band (for air defense missiles);

"Grest Light", i/j band. Navigation:

"RekaTaika" 1290; i-band.

Sonar: "Eco5" type; ship shell sonar, active search/attack, medium frequency.

Helicopter: a "Harbin" z-9a ("Dolphin").

Construction plan

Serial number, hull number, ship name, construction shipyard service time, fleet belonging to

1521 Jiaxing Ship Hudong Chinese East China Sea Fleet

2522 Lianyungang ship Hudong China East China Sea Fleet

3523 Putian Ship Hudong Chinese East China Sea Fleet

4524 Sanming Ship Hudong China East China Sea Fleet

5527 Luoyang Ship Hudong Zhonghua 2005 Beihai Fleet

6528 Mianyang Ship Guangzhou Huangpu 2005 Beihai Fleet

7564 Yichang Ship Guangzhou Huangpu Beihai Fleet

8565 Huludao Ship Guangzhou Huangpu Beihai Fleet

9566 Huaihua Ship Hudong China South China Sea Fleet

10567 Xiangfan Ship Guangzhou Huangpu South China Sea Fleet

The 053h3 missile frigate is a new ship launched by China in the early 1990s, and its technical level has grown leaps and bounds compared with the previous 053 frigate.

The hull line of the 053h3 missile frigate class missile frigate is different from that of the old Soviet ships, and is closer to the "Northwest" frigate in Italy. In terms of appearance, the "Jiangwei" class has a plump waterline surface and a wide square stern. All ships have outer floats above the waterline; the bow has obvious corners, obvious arcs, and larger floats. This line is very seaworthy and has relatively small resistance at high speeds. The small wedge at the stern can reduce the wave resistance.

It is worth noting that the length and width ratio of the 053h3 missile frigate is 8:1, which is much lower than that of the active frigates abroad (usually 9~10, and the Canadian "Harifax" class is 8:1), and is close to the latest "Ali Burke" class destroyer of the US Navy. The design of reducing the aspect ratio has now become a new trend. Its main advantage is that it improves the anti-rhythm resistance and the stern buoyancy. The resulting anti-rhythm can balance the pitch torque applied by the weight of the large bulbous bow sonar, so that the bow does not bury the bow too deep when the wind and waves are very strong, so it is seaworthy and can increase the volume on the ship to arrange more weapons. The arc transition at the side (this is the first time among Chinese ships), which not only solves the problem of water accumulation on the upper waves of the deck, but also reduces the radar reflection cross-section and further improves the stealth performance.

The 053h3 missile frigate adopts a fully enclosed central bridge design, which not only makes the ship have three-defense capabilities, but is also especially suitable for combat in the hot South China Sea. The hull is welded steel, bridges, hangars, and chimneys adopt a lightweight aluminum alloy structure. The ship has two-layer full-length decks, with the same height as the bridge and the two-layer decks; the main mast is a mixed structure of tower masts and truss masts. Compared with the ships designed in the past, the superstructure of the 053h3 missile frigate is smaller; the corners of the enclosure walls adopt rounded corners; the side walls have a certain angle.

Inward inclination shows that the designer has made some considerations in reducing the radar reflection cross-section, but there seems to be no measures to reduce the infrared radiation for chimneys and smoke exhausts. From the chimney, it can be confirmed that the "Jiangwei" class uses two tables and four diesel engines to form a codad full diesel power plant with a total power of 14,400 horsepower. The "Jiangwei" class has a maximum speed of 25 knots. Its endurance is 5,000 nautical miles at 16 knots of cruising speed. This indicator obviously has important tactical significance for the Chinese Navy, especially in the South China Sea.

In short, the design of the 053h3 missile frigate fully reflects the Chinese Navy's emphasis on the airworthiness performance of combat ships. This is indispensable for building an effective "blue water" navy.

Equipment and weapons

The 053h3 missile frigate is a first-class multi-purpose frigate. The configuration of the weapon takes into account the defense capabilities of the ship under modern naval combat conditions. The bow main gun is a dual 100mm gun, which is the standard main gun for Chinese naval frigates. It is controlled by the "Hornet Head" gun aiming radar in front of the main mast at the top of the bridge. The difference between the model of the "Jianghu" class configuration is: the 3.5-meter optical rangefinder at the back of the spherical stabilization cover has been cancelled, but the hatch door for the operator to enter and exit is still retained, indicating that the operation of the radar has not moved to the hull. There may be an optical fire control pedestal at the top of the bridge, which is estimated to include a laser rangefinder, TV tracking and low-light night vision device, which is used to indicate the target of the air defense system under severe electronic interference.

Ship-air missiles

Haihongqi-7 air defense missile, English code-named hhq-7. The current standard point air defense missile of the People's Liberation Army Navy (plan) is widely equipped on the People's Navy's non-full-time air defense surface ships, as the ship's own point air defense.

In the mid-1980s, China introduced the "Sea Rattlesnake" ship-air and air missile system that had just been in service from France. In 1988, China successfully copied the system and named it hhq-7. The technology of the Chinese version of "Sea Rattlesnake" - hhq-7 is no less than that of French original products, and its reputation is equally high. At present, some of the main battleships in my country, including the "Haihai" class destroyers, is the hhq-7 air defense missile system.

The Haihongqi-7 air defense missile adopts radio command guidance, with a maximum range of 13km, a minimum range of 700m, a maximum combat height of 6000m, and a minimum combat height of 5m. It has the ability to counter-skip seafly flight anti-ship missiles, a maximum overload of 35g, a reaction time of 6.5s, and a single shot damage probability of 80%.

In fact, the Haihongqi-7 does not have the regional air defense capabilities of the fleet and cannot provide fleet-level air defense. It is just a point air defense device. It is also a helpless move for the People's Navy to equip the Haihongqi-7 on many models of ships. This embarrassing situation improved after the introduction of the Sa-n-7 with the "Modern Class" in the late 1990s. After the domestic Haihongqi-9 (hhq-9) and Haihongqi-16 (hhq-16) were put into service, this situation was fundamentally improved.

Moreover, after the 053h3 missile frigate, the Haihongqi-7 was also replaced by the Haihongqi-10, which has higher technical skills.

Secondary gun

Four new dual 37mm guns were installed on both sides of the bridge and the hangar respectively. The gun first appeared on the "Luda" iii-class destroyers "Zhanjiang" (hull number 165) and "Zhuhai" (hull number 166), but the fire control radar was different. It was generally believed that this gun was a Chinese replica of the Italian "Brada" 40mm rapid-fire gun, but a close photo shows that the new gun on the 053h3 missile frigate uses water-cooled cannon. The tube can be seen on the appearance of the tube, and the cooling soft pipe wrapped around the barrel, while the "Breda" 40mm gun does not have such a structure. In addition, the shape of the turret is not exactly the same. Therefore, it is certain that this gun is a new product developed by China. Considering the good relationship between China and the "Breda" company, it is normal to obtain some technical assistance from the latter during the development process. These four guns are controlled by the 341 "Raprampur" fire control radar set on the top of the hangar.

Anti-ship missiles

Two triple fixed missile launch boxes are set up in front and behind the main chimney, using the arrangement of perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the deck, with the flameout opening facing the side. The missile is the "Eagle Strike 83" anti-ship missile, and the "Square Knot" radar that provides target data for it is located on the mainmast 02 platform. Other detection equipment includes: a new model of sea-to-air/air-to-air search radar at the top of the mainmast; a "Neptune" navigation radar; and an air-to-air warning radar is installed behind the chimney.

Electronic Warfare System

Compared with the "Jianghu" iii class, the electronic warfare system of the 053h3 missile frigate has not changed much, nor is it equipped with the medium/long-range rocket-type foil interference launch system on the "Guoda" iii class destroyer. The specific situation of the in-ship combat system and the accusation system is still unclear.

Carrier-based helicopter

The helicopter take-off and landing deck and hangar at the stern were designed according to a medium-sized anti-submarine helicopter with a deck length of 22 meters and a width of 14 meters.

Judging from the use of Chinese naval ship-borne helicopters in recent years, the domestically produced Z-9 has only solved the problem of boarding the ship. It will take a long time to truly realize anti-ship, anti-submarine and over-visual range attack guidance tasks with this aircraft. In a recently published photo, Z-9 carried by the "Jianghu" Vi-class tower does not carry any anti-submarine equipment and weapons, and does not even have a formal naval mark. It seems that China still lacks the ability to develop and produce small airborne anti-submarine equipment (such as releasing sonar, signal processor, search radar) and combine it on the aircraft. It is reported that several European airborne equipment manufacturers are participating in a bidding for the Z-9 modification and integration of a certain airborne electronic system. If it goes well, the "Jiangwei" class and even the latest "Baogu" class missile destroyers will be equipped with this Z-9 improved by Western technology.

In addition to helicopters, anti-submarine weapons are mainly two rocket deep bomb launchers on the bow. They are not equipped with light anti-submarine torpedoes, but the stern has enough space to accommodate two triple torpedo launchers and deep-sonic sonar retracting equipment.

Overall parity

The 053 series frigates are the type one with the largest number of models and the largest number of construction in the Chinese Navy. There have been seven models and forty-nine ships. According to NATO, they should be divided into three types of warships with no grades: Jianghu class, Jiangdong class, and Jiangwei class.

Jianghu level

053h16 ships including 2 ships in Egypt

053h110 ships

053h27 ships including 2 ships exported to Thailand

053h1g6 ships

Jiangdong level

053hk2 ships

Jiangwei level

053h2g4 ships

053h310 ships

As the last type of the 053 series frigate, it is also the type of warship with the highest technical level. It witnessed the development process of the Chinese navy from weak to strong and from backward to catch up. During the alternating period of the century, it supported China's important maritime defense task.
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