Chinese frigate Sanming (524)

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Sanming underway on 12 June 2015
History
China
Name
  • Sanming
  • (三明)
NamesakeSanming
BuilderHudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai
LaunchedDecember 1998
Commissioned25 December 1999
IdentificationPennant number: 524
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeType 053H3 frigate
Displacement
  • 2,250 tons(empty)
  • 2,393 tons (full)
Length112 m (367.5 ft)
Beam12.4 m (40.7 ft)
Draft4.3 m (14.1 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts, CODAD:
  • 2 x 18E390VA diesel at 23,600 hp (17,600 kW)
  • 2 x MTU diesel at 8,715 hp (6,499 kW)
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range5,000 mi (8,000 km) at 15 to 16 knots (28 to 30 km/h)
Complement168 (30 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Type 360 Radar (SR60) Surface Search, E/F band
  • Type 517H-1 (Knife Rest) 2D long-range air search, A-band
  • Type 345 Radar (MR35) HQ-7 Surface-to-air missile fire-control, J-band
  • Type 352 Radar (Square Tie) surface search and AShM fire control, I-band
  • Type 343GA (Wasp Head) fire control radar for main gun, G/H-band
  • 2 × Type 347G/EFR-1 (Rice Lamp) dual 37 mm AA gun fire control, I-band
  • 2 × Racal RM-1290 Navigation radar, I-band
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Data link: HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded)
  • Communication: SNTI-240 SATCOM
  • Combat Data System: ZKJ-3C
  • RWD-8 (Jug Pair) intercept
  • Type 981-3 EW Jammer
  • SR-210 Radar warning receiver
  • Type 651A IFF
  • 2 × Type 946/PJ-46 15-barrel decoy rocket launchers
Armament
Aircraft carriedAgustaWestland AW109
Aviation facilitiesHangar and helipad

Sanming (524) is a Type 053H3 frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 25 December 1999.

Development and design[]

Main article: Type 053H3 frigate

The ship's anti-aircraft defense is mainly the Haihongqi-7 with short-range point defense. The foreign trade model of the missile is FM-90N, with a total length of 3 meters, a bullet diameter of 156 mm, a wingspan of 0.55 meters, a launch weight of 84.5 kg, and a maximum speed of 2.3. Mach, the shooting height is 15-5500 meters, the maximum range is 10 to 12 kilometers, the minimum range is 500 meters, and the kill probability is about 70%. It can intercept low-altitude targets with a flying height of less than 5 meters, and the system response speed is 6.5 seconds. After the modification, it was replaced with an 8-unit Haihongqi-10 near defense missile.

The quadruple Eagle Strike-83 anti-ship missile is the standard equipment of the PLA naval destroyer. It is 6.86 meters long, 1.18 meters wingspan, 0.36 meters bullet diameter, total weight 850 kg, warhead weight 165 kg, and sea skimming altitude 35 Meters, at a distance of 5 kilometers from the target, it drops to 5-7 meters from the sea, the maximum range is 150-180 kilometers, and the single shot hit rate is more than 95%.

The hangar and in front of the bridge are equipped with two 76A double-barreled 37mm anti-aircraft guns. After modification, it was replaced with two simplified versions of H/PJ-12 7-tube 30mm naval guns (fire control radar adopts centralized arrangement).

Construction and career[]

Sanming was launched in December 1998 at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 25 December 1999 into the East Sea Fleet.

On March 5, 2007, Sanming and Lianyungang formed a Chinese navy formation and arrived in Karachi, Pakistan, to participate in the "Peace-07" multinational naval exercise held in the North Arabian Sea from March 6 to 13.[1]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ "524 三明号护卫舰-中国护卫舰-武器百科大全". www.wuqibaike.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.


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