![]() Guangzhou (168) in Cádiz in 2007
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Jiangnan Shipyard |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Type 051C |
Built | 2001–2004 |
In service | July 2004–present |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Active | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Guided-missile destroyer |
Displacement | 7,000 tons[1] |
Length | 155 m (509 ft)[1] |
Beam | 17 m (56 ft)[1] |
Draught | 6 m (20 ft)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)[1] |
Range | 4500 nm at 14 kn[1] |
Complement | 280[1] |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 helicopter: Harbin Z-9 or Kamov Ka-28[1] |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar[1] |
The Type 052B (NATO/OSD Luyang I-class destroyer[5]) is a class of guided-missile destroyers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force (PLAN). The Type 052B was China's first modern destroyer design[6][7] and the first Chinese design to incorporate true medium-range air defence capability in the form of Russian Shtil-1 (improved navalized Buk, NATO designation SA-N-12) surface-to-air missiles (SAM).[8]
Two ships - Guangzhou and Wuhan - were begun in 2001 and commissioned in July and December 2004 respectively.[1][9]
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