August 2012. The Constanta. Photo by C. Vlasceanu.

Country: China.
Class, [Type]: Jiangkai II, [FFG].
Homeport: Jianggezhuang.

Builder: Hudong-Znonghua Shipyard,Huangpu Shipyard, China.
Launch date: 24 August 2010.
Commission date: 9 June 2011.

Displacement ( tons ): 4053 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 134 x 16 x 5.
Main machinery: CODAD: 4 x Shaanxi/SEMT Pielstick 16PA6 STC diesels ( 7600 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30.
Range ( miles ): 4000 at 15 knots.
Complement: 260 ( 40 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 2 100mm, 2 x 7 30mm Type 730.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 4 C-803 Saccde; SAM: 1 x 32 HQ-16 VLS.
A/S weapons: 2 x 6 Type 87 240mm rocket launchers.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm ( YU-7 torpedoes ).

Radars: Air: Type 382; Air/Surface:Type 364; Type 344 ( Mineral-ME ); Fire Control: 4 x Type 345 ( MR-90 Front Dome ), Type 347G; Navigation: 2 x Racal RM-1290.
Sonars: MGK-335.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 15 Type 946.
Helicopters: 2 x Kamov Ka-27 Helix or Harbin Z-9C.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  2012