The Type 053H2G (NATO codename Jiangwei I) were Chinese frigates that entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in the 1990s. They were later variants of the Type 053 frigate family, and were the PLAN's first multi-role frigates. Only four units were built before the class was superseded by the more capable Type 053H3 (Jiangwei II) class

Three vessels are currently serving as coast guard cutters and the frigate Tongling was transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy in 2019 as a patrol vessel, which was commissioned as SLNS Parakramabahu.[2]

History

In the 1980s, the PLAN ordered Shanghai-based Hudong Shipyard (now Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard) to build a replacement for the Type 053K air defence frigate. The new class was based on the Type 053H2 frigate and designated Type 053H2G. Development was carried out under Project 055.

The Type 053H2G was slightly larger than the Type 053H2, and equipped with HQ-61B surface-to-air missiles (SAM). Four Type 053H2G were built between 1988 and 1991. Some sources claim they were called Type 055 and uprated with HQ-7 SAMs;[3] the alternate designation may have been confused with the Type 053H2G's development designation.

The HQ-61 SAM proved unsatisfactory and the class was superseded by the Type 053H3 which was an improved Type 053H2G equipped with HQ-7 SAMs.

When the first three ships (Anqing, Huaibei and Huainan) of the class were transferred to the Coast Guard, all weapons except for the 4 Type 76 twin 37 mm naval guns were removed;[4] the Z-9C helicopter was also replaced with a Z-8. On Haijing 2201(former Anqing) the twin 37mm guns were further replaced with twin 25mm cannons.[5]

Ships of Class

Number Pennant Number Name Namesake Builder Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
1 539 安庆 / Anqing City of Anqing Hudong, Shanghai June 1990 July 1992 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Haijing 31239 and then to Haijing 2201.[6]
2 540 淮南 / Huainan City of Huainan Hudong, Shanghai December 1990 December 1992 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Haijing 31240 and then to Haijing 31240.[6]
3 541 淮北 / Huaibei City of Huaibei Hudong, Shanghai December 1992 July 1993 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Haijing 31241 and then to Haijing 2203.[6]
4 542 铜陵 / Tongling City of Tongling Hudong, Shanghai December 1993 July 1994 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Sri Lanka Navy in September 2018 as SLNS Parakramabahu (P625)

References

  1. ^ "Jiangwei frigates- People's Liberation Army Navy".
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka receives gifted Chinese frigate (June 10, 2019)". Naval Today. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. ^ Toppan, Andrew. "World Navies Today: Chinese Surface Combatants." Haze Gray & Underway.2002-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
  4. ^ 中時新聞網 (2024-03-03). "我海巡艦不是對手？陸「軍艦改裝成海警船」 軍事專家曝優勢 - 政治". 中時新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  5. ^ "別小看大陸海警船！「軍艦改裝」有炮火 ：還可載直升機". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  6. ^ a b c CHINA PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PLAN), COAST GUARD, AND GOVERNMENT MARINE FORCES 2022-2023 RECOGNITION AND IDENTIFICATION GUIDE, Office of Naval Intelligence, retrieved 27/2/2025
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