Chinese frigate Yangzhou

Type 054A frigate of the PLA Navy

Yangzhou underway on 17 May 2021

History
China
Name| Yangzhou
Namesake|

* Yangzhou
* (扬州)

Builder| Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai
Launched| 30 September 2013
Commissioned| 21 September 2015
Identification| Pennant number: 578
Status| Active
General characteristics
Class and type| Type 054A frigate
Displacement| 4,053 tonnes (full)
Length| 134.1 m (440 ft)
Beam| 16 m (52 ft)
Propulsion| CODAD, 4 × Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each
Speed| 27 knots estimated
Range| 8,025 nautical miles (9,235 mi; 14,862 km) estimated
Complement| 165
Sensors and
processing systems|

* Type 382 Radar
* Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand) OTH target acquisition and SSM fire control radar
* 4 × Type 345 Radar(MR-90 Front Dome) SAM fire control radars
* MR-36A surface search radar, I-band
* Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar
* 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band
* MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system
* H/SJG-206 towed array sonar
* ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system
* HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded)
* SNTI-240 SATCOM
* AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM

Electronic warfare
& decoys|

* Type 922-1 radar warning receiver
* HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system
* Kashtan-3 missile jamming system

Armament|

* 1 × 32-cell VLS
* HQ-16 SAM
* Yu-8 anti submarine rocket launcher
* 2 × 4 C-803 anti-ship / land attack cruise missiles
* 1 × PJ26 76 mm dual-purpose gun
* 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns or Type 1130
* 2 × 3 324mm Yu-7 ASW torpedo launchers
* 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried)
* 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers

Aircraft carried| 1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C
Aviation facilities| hangar

Yangzhou (578) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 21 September 2015.

## Development and design

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Main article: Type 054A frigate

The Type 054A carries HQ-16 medium-range air defence missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system. The HQ-16 has a range of up to 50 km, with superior range and engagement angles to the Type 054's HQ-7. The Type 054A's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes.[1]

The four AK-630 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) of the Type 054 were replaced with two Type 730 CIWS on the Type 054A. The autonomous Type 730 provides improved reaction time against close-in threats.[2]

## Construction and career

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Yangzhou was launched on 30 September 2013 at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 21 September 2015. On 11 December 2022, the ashes of the late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin were scattered into the sea from frigate Yangzhou, named after Jiang's birthplace.

## Gallery

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* Yangzhou underway on 17 August 2016.

* Yangzhou underway in the Mediterranean Sea on 6 September 2017.

* Yangzhou and Huanggang in London on 7 October 2017.

* Yangzhou in Germany on 26 October 2017.

* Yangzhou underway on 28 November 2019.

## References

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1. ^ 舰载武器SHIPBORNE WEAPONS 2013 AUGUST ISSUE
2. ^ "Chinese Navy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2009.

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Type 054 frigates

| Type 054
Jiangkai-I class|

* Ma'anshan
* Wenzhou

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Type 054A
Jiangkai-II class|

* Xianning
* Binzhou
* Zhoushan
* Xuzhou
* Xiangtan
* Jingzhou
* Xuchang
* Yantai
* Wuhu
* Zaozhuang
* Yancheng
* Linyi
* Yiyang
* Changzhou
* Weifang
* Hengyang
* Yulin
* Huangshan
* Yuncheng
* Hengshui
* Liuzhou
* Sanya
* Yueyang
* Daqing
* Huanggang
* Yangzhou
* Handan
* Rizhao
* Anyang
* Nantong
* Ziyang
* Hebi
* Yixing
* Bayannao'er

* Related classes: Tughril

* Preceded by: Type 053 frigates
* Followed by: None

* List of frigates of the People's Liberation Army Navy

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