July 2002. The Sevastopol. Photo by S. Gorbachev.

Country: China.
Class, [Type]: Luhu, [DDG].
Homeport: Jianggezhuang.

Builder: Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai, China.
Launch date: January 1993.
Commission date: October 1993.

Displacement ( tons ): 4600 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 144 x 16 x 5.
Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x gas turbines ( 32000 hp ), 2 x MTU 12V 463 TB83 diesels ( 8850 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 31.
Range ( miles ): 5000 at 15 knots.
Complement: 266 ( 38 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 2 100mm, 4 x 2 Type 76A 37mm.
Missiles: SSM: 4 x 4 C-803 Saccde; SAM: 1 x 8 HQ-7 ( Crotale missiles ).
A/S weapons: 2 x 6 mortars FQF-2500.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm ( Whithead B-515 ).

Radars: Air: Type 518; Air/Surface: Type 363S Sea Tiger; Surface: Type 362; Fire Control: Type 344, 2 x Type 347G, Type 345; Navigation: Decca 1290.
Sonars: DUBV-23, DUBV-43 VDS.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Type 946.
Helicopters: 2 x Harbinzhi-9C Haitun.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  2002 | 2012