Chinese frigate Yancheng (546)

History
Yancheng underway on 8 August 2014
China
Name	Yancheng
Namesake	Yancheng (盐城)
Builder	Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai
Launched	27 April 2011
Commissioned	5 June 2012
Identification	Pennant number: 546
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 054A frigate
Displacement	4,053 tonnes (full)
Length	134.1 m (440 ft)
Beam	16 m (52 ft)
Propulsion	CODAD, 4 × Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each
Speed	27 knots estimated
Range	8,025 nautical miles (9,235 mi; 14,862 km) estimated
Complement	165
Sensors and processing systems	Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand) OTH target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × Type 345 Radar(MR-90 Front Dome) SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM
Electronic warfare & decoys	Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system
Armament	1 × 32-cell VLS HQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti submarine rocket launcher 2 × 4 C-803 anti-ship / land attack cruise missiles 1 × PJ26 76 mm dual-purpose gun 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns or Type 1130 2 × 3 324mm Yu-7 ASW torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried) 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers
Aircraft carried	1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C
Aviation facilities	hangar

Yancheng (546) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 5 June 2012.

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Development and design

The Type 054A carries HQ-16 medium-range air defence missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system. The HQ-16 has a range of up to 50 km, with superior range and engagement angles to the Type 054's HQ-7. The Type 054A's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes.^[1]

The four AK-630 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) of the Type 054 were replaced with two Type 730 CIWS on the Type 054A. The autonomous Type 730 provides improved reaction time against close-in threats.^[2]

Construction and career

Yancheng was launched on 27 April 2011 at the Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai. Commissioned on 5 June 2012.

Yancheng participated with Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy and western vessels in the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons.^[3]

Gallery

Yancheng underway on 25 July 2013.
Yancheng underway on 12 July 2014.
Yancheng underway on 27 December 2014.
Yancheng underway on 19 August 2019.

References

^ 舰载武器SHIPBORNE WEAPONS 2013 AUGUST ISSUE
^ "Chinese Navy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
^ Notte, Hanna (2 January 2020). "The United States, Russia, and Syria's chemical weapons: a tale of cooperation and its unravelling". The Nonproliferation Review. 27 (1–3): 201–224. doi:10.1080/10736700.2020.1766226. S2CID 225770190.

Type 054 frigates

Type 054 Jiangkai-I class	Ma'anshan Wenzhou
Type 054A Jiangkai-II class	Xianning Binzhou Zhoushan Xuzhou Xiangtan Jingzhou Xuchang Yantai Wuhu Zaozhuang Yancheng Linyi Yiyang Changzhou Weifang Hengyang Yulin Huangshan Yuncheng Hengshui Liuzhou Sanya Yueyang Daqing Huanggang Yangzhou Handan Rizhao Anyang Nantong

Related classes: Tughril

Preceded by: Type 053 frigates
Followed by: None

List of frigates of the People's Liberation Army Navy

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