168 Guangzhou

Country:  China

Class, [Type]: Luyang-I, [DDG].

Builder: Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai, China.

Launch date: 23 May 2002.

Commission date: 15 July 2004.

Displacement ( tons ): 5.850.

Dimensions ( metres ): 155 x 17 x 6

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x Zorya-Mashproekt DN80 gas-turbines (48.600 hp), 2 x Shaanxi diesels (MTU 20V956TB92) (8.840 hp).

Speed ( knots ): 29.

Complement: 250 ( 40 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 100mm (based on Creusot-Loire T100C design), 2 x 30mm Type 730 CIWS.

Missiles:  SAM: 2 x launchers ( 48 x 9M317 Shtil / SA-N-12 Grizzly missiles ); SSM: 4 x quad launchers ( 16 x YJ-83 missiles ).

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes (2 x triple launchers), YU-7 torpedoes.

A/S Mortars: 2 x Type 87 240mm launchers.

Radar: Air Search: 1 x Fregat-MAE-5 (Top Plate), 3D, E band, 230km range; Surface search: 1 x ?; Fire Control: 4 x MR90 (Front Dome) for SAM, F band. 1 x Type 344 form main gun, I/J bands. 1 x Mineral-ME (Band Stand) for SSM.

Sonar: Unknown hull-mounted sonar operating medium-frequency for active/passive search and attack.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Type 726-4 122mm launchers for chaffs and infrared flares; ECM/ESM: unknown suite.

Helicopter: 1 x Kamov Ka-28 ASW or 1 x Z-9C.

Unit: South Sea Fleet.