Type 053H3 frigate


PLAN 053H3 (Jiangwei II) frigate 565 Yulin
Class overview
Operators:  People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by: Type 053H2G frigate
Succeeded by: Type 054 frigate
General characteristics
Displacement: 2,250 tons standard, 2,393 tons full load
Length: 112 m
Beam: 12.4 m
Draught: 4.3 m
Propulsion: CODAD, 2 shaft, 2 x 18E390VA diesel @ 14,000 hp (17.6 kW) & 2x MTU diesel @ 8,840 hp (6.5 kW)
Speed: 28 knots
Range: 5,000 miles at 15 to 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 168 (with 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 and 100 mm gun fire-control, J-band
Type 352 Radar (Square Tie) surface search and SSM fire control, I-band
2 x Type 347G/EFR-1 (Rice Lamp) dual 37 mm AA gun fire control, I-band
2 x 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
Armament: 8 x YJ-83 SSM in 2 x 4-cell box launchers
1 x 8-cell HQ-7 Surface-to-air missile system
1 x PJ33A dual 100 mm gun (automatic)
4 x Type 76A dual-37 mm AA guns
2 x 6-tube Type 3200 ASW rocket launchers (36 rockets)
2 x DC racks & launcher
6 x torpedo launchers
2 x Type 946/PJ-46 15-barrel decoy rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: Harbin Z-9C
Aviation facilities: Hangar