![]() Jiaxing (521) underway in 2005
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Class overview | |
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Name | Type 053H3 |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Type 053H2G |
Succeeded by | Type 054 |
Subclasses | Zulfiquar class (Pakistan Navy) |
Planned | 10 |
Completed | 10 |
Active |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate |
Displacement | 2,250 tons standard, 2,393 tons full load |
Length | 112 m (367 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 12.4 m (40 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)[2] |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 to 16 knots (28 to 30 km/h) |
Complement | 168 (with 30 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Harbin Z-9C |
Aviation facilities | Hangar |
The Type 053H3 (NATO reporting name: Jiangwei II) is a class of Chinese frigates that entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in the 1990s and 2000s. The class comprised ten vessels, all of which remain in active service except for two which have been sold to the Bangladesh Navy.[3][4][5] They were a follow-on of the Type 053H2G (Jiangwei I) class. The Zulfiquar-class frigate used by the Pakistan Navy was based on the Type 053H3.[6]