August 2012. The Sevastopol. Photo by A. Andreev.

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

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

Displacement ( tons ): 4800 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 144 x 16 x 5.
Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 x MTU Friedrichshafen 12V 1163TB83 ( 8840 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 31.
Range ( miles ): 4000 at 15 knots.
Complement: 260 ( 40 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 2 100mm Type H/PJ33A, 2 x 7 30mm Type H/PJ12.
Missiles: SSM: 4 x 4 C-803 Saccde; SAM: 1 x 8 HQ-7 ( Crotale missiles ).
A/S weapons: 2 x 6 Type 87 rocket launchers.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm ( Whithead B-515 ).

Radars: Air: Type 517M; Air/Surface: Type 360S, Type 364; Surface: Type 362; Fire Control: Type 344, 2 x Type 347G, Type 345; Navigation: 2 x Racal RM-1290.
Sonars: DUBV-23, DUBV-43 VDS.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 15 Type 946.
Helicopters: 2 x Kamov Ka-27 Helix or Harbin Z-9C.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  2002 | 2012