Ming class

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Ming class, type 035
Technical data (overview)
Builders:
  • Wuzhang
  • Guangzhou
  • Jiangnan
  • Huludao
Displacement: 2113 t (submerged)
Length over all: 76 m
Width: 7.60 m
Draft: 5.10 m (when driving above water)
Diving depth: 300 m
Drive: diesel-electric, 2 diesel engines
Total output: 3.82 MW
Speed: 15 knots (submerged)
Crew: 57

Ming class is the NATO name for a submarine class of the Navy of the People's Republic of China , which bears the identification type 035 there . It is based on the Soviet Romeo class , which goes back to the German submarine class XXI .

history

Planning and construction

Between 1971 and 2002, 19 Ming-class boats in various designs were built at four Chinese shipyards. Between 1979 and 1987 the construction program was temporarily stopped and no boats were completed. After only two units had been built, the first boat of the class with the hull number 341 was destroyed by fire in 1979. A possible revision of the construction plans following this event could explain the delay in the construction program.

Technical Equipment

The main armament of the class consists of 533 mm torpedoes , which can be fired from six forward and two aft facing torpedo tubes . A total of 16 torpedoes can be carried.

Although they were largely retired from the Chinese Navy due to the enormous noise development and their age, boats of the class were still in service with the Navy in 2007. Some of these boats already have a sound absorbing coating and side antenna sonar (FAS).

However, the first Ming-class boats are believed to have had the older Romeo-class sonar systems as used by the Soviet Union . This included a Feniks-M active sonar and an Artika type target acquisition and tracking system. A simple radar with an effective range of about 10 nautical miles was available for searching on the surface of the water .

Calls

The . Submarine No. 361 from this class wrecked in April 2003. 70 crew members died probably as a result of chlorine gas - or carbon monoxide poisoning .

See also

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Bates Gill, Kim Taeho: China's arms acquisitions from abroad: a quest for "superb and secret weapons". Oxford University Press, 1996, ISBN 0198291965 , p. 66.
  3. ↑ http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/SIGNAL_Article_Template.asp?articleid=93&zoneid=22 James C. Bussert: Chinese Submarines Pose a Double-Edged Challenge. In: Afcea, Signal Magazine, December 2003
  4. ^ David Miller: Illustrated Directory of Submarines. Motorbooks, ISBN 0760313458 , p. 242.
  5. ↑ Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, William S. Murray: China's future nuclear submarine force. US Naval Institute Press, 2007, ISBN 1591143268 , p. 60.
  6. ^ Norman Friedman: The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapons systems 1997/1998. US Naval Institute Press, ISBN 1557502684 , pp. 330, 604.
  7. ↑ Chinese submarine crashed - 70 dead. In: FAZ online, May 2, 2003 ( online )
  8. ^ Ronald O'Rourke: The Impact of Chinese Naval Modernization on the Future of the United States Navy. Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2006, ISBN 1600211496 , p. 69.