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Luda class destroyer

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The Luda class (Type 051) missile destroyer were the first anti-ship oriented vessel ever designed and built in China, and the first Chinese ship to be fitted with a integrated combat direction system. It was based on the ex-Soviet Kotlin-class destroyer|Kotlin class design.
Ships

There were as many as 17 units of this class built, categorized into three variants or "flights." Sixteen are still in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).

Luda I
This is the original configuration of the design, albeit with equipment inconsistencies among the units. Three shipyards built the 13 vessels of this group: units #106-110 in Luda, #131-134 in Zhonghua, and #160-185 in Guangzhou. Unit No.160 suffered an explosion in 1978 and was eventually scrapped.

  • Xinan (106)

  • Yinchuan (107)

  • Xining (108)

  • Dalian (110)

  • Nanjing (131)

  • Hefei (132)

  • Chongqing (133)

  • Zunyi (134)

  • Changsha (161)

  • Nanning (162)

  • Nanchang (163)

  • Guilin (164)

  • Zhanjiang (165)


Luda II
Additional 8-cell HQ-7 Surface-to-air missile|SAM system along with a helicopter deck and hangar but minus the aft gun mount.

  • Jinan (105)

  • Kaifeng (109)


Luda III
Features modern and improved electronic suites as well as newer weapons systems. Older Luda units are planned to be upgraded to the Luda III standard.

  • Zhuhai (166)
Specifications

  • Displacement 3,670 tons (full load) (Luda I & II) 3,730 tons (full load) (Luda III)

  • Length 433.1 ft / 132 meters

  • Beam 42 ft / 12.8 meters

  • Draft 15.1 ft ; 15.3 ft (Luda III)

  • Speed ~30+ kts

  • Endurance 2,970 miles at 18 kts

  • Crew 280 (45 officers)

  • Propulsion 2 boilers 2 turbines 72,000 hp(m) (53 MW) 2 shafts

  • Armament

  • * 6 HY-2 (C-201) (CSS-C-3A Seersucker) Surface-to-surface missile|SSM (2 triple) launchers active radar homing to 51 nm at 0.9 Mach

  • * Crotale Surface-to-air missile|SAM octuple launcher (Kaifeng) line of sight guidence to 7 nm at 2.4 Mach

  • * Guns

  • ** 4 - 5.1 in (130 mm)/58 (2 twin) 85' elevation 17 rds/min to 16 nm

  • ** 8 - 57 mm/70 (4 twin) 85' elevation 120 rds/min to 12 km (6.5 nm) these guns are fitted in some of the class the others have 37 mm

  • ** 8 - 37 mm/63 (4 twin) 85' elevation 180 rds/min to 4.6 nm

  • ** 8 - 25 mm/60 (4 twin) 85' elevation 270 rds/min to 1.6 nm anti-aircraft

  • * Torpedoes 6 324 mm B515 (2 triple tubes) A 244S anti-submarine active/passive homing to 3.8 nm at 33 kts

  • * ASW mortars 2 FQF 2500 12-tubed fixed launchers 120 rockets range 1,200 m

  • * Depth Charges 2 or 4 BMB projectors 2 or 4 tracks

  • * Mines 38

  • *Aircraft 2 Harbin Z-9A (Eurocopter Dauphin|Dauphin) (Type II)


Category:Ship classes
Category:Chinese Navy ship classes
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Luda class destroyer".


Last Modified:   2005-11-04


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