Type 905 replenishment tanker
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Hongzehu at Pearl Harbor in 2006.
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Type 905 |
| Builders: | Dalian Shipyard |
| Operators: | |
| Succeeded by: | Type 908 |
| In commission: | 1980 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | 3 |
| Retired: | 1, sold and converted into oil tanker |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Auxiliary oiler replenishment |
| Displacement: | 21,750 tonnes |
| Length: | 168.3 m (552 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 21.79 m (71 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 9.38 m (30 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: | 1 Sulzer 8RL B66 diesel 15,000 hp (11,000 kW), 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Range: | 18,000 miles (29,000 km) |
| Complement: | 130 |
| Armament: | 4 x twin 37 mm (1.5 in) guns |
| Aircraft carried: | Medium utility helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck |
The Type 905 Fuqing-class auxiliary oiler replenishment is a class of auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) vessels used by the People's Liberation Army Navy and Pakistan Navy to resupply ships at sea with food, munitions, fuel and spare parts. One ship is now a commercial oil tanker in China. It is also known as Taicang class.[1]
Development
The Fuqing class were the first generation of replenishment oilers built by the PLA Navy for support of the Yuan Wang-class tracking ships tracking intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in the South Pacific Ocean. Dalian Shipyard produced four vessels and two of them joined the ICBM testing fleet in May 1980. The general designer and deputy general designer of ship are Zhang Wende (张文德)[2] and Huang Wei (黄蔚) respectively, both are the general engineer of the 701st Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC).[3][4]
There are a total of six transfer stations amidships, with four liquid cargo transfer stations followed by two dry cargo transfer stations.[5] The helicopter landing pad is located at the stern, but there is no hangar.[6] Originally designed for Harbin Z-5, the length of the landing pad was 22 metres (72 ft 2 in), but subsequently extended by an additional 5 metres (16 ft 5 in) for larger Changhe Z-8.[6] The Type 905 is capable of providing 10,550 tons of fuel, 1,000 tons of light diesel, 200 tons of fresh water, 200 tons of drinking water and 50 tons of frozen food.[5] Each liquid cargo station is equipped with a 60-metre (200 ft) long, 102 mm (4.0 in) diameter nylon hose and is capable of providing fuel at a rate of 100 to 150 tons per hour.[6] Due to the lack of the capability to supply ammunition,[7] Type 905 has to work in conjunction with ammunition ships such as the Yantai class to provide all the provisions needed by the combatants. The Type 905 is designed to provide liquid and dry cargos for three destroyers.[8]
Active ships of class
| Number | Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status |
| 881 | Hongzehu (ex-Feng Cang) | Dalian Shipyard, Dalian | 1979 | 1980 | Active | |
| 882 | Poyanghu (ex-Taicang) | Dalian Shipyard, Dalian | 1981 | 1982 | Active |
Former
| Number | Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status |
| 950 | Hongcang | Dalian Shipyard, Dalian | 1980 | 1989 | South Sea | Decommissioned 1989 and sold to China Ocean Aviation Group as commercial oil tanker Hailang[9] |
| 871 (47) | PNS Nasr | Dalian Shipyard, Dalian | 1980 | 1987 | Sold 1985 or 1987 and now active with Pakistan Navy[10] |
References
- ↑ Type 905 AOR
- ↑ General designer
- ↑ deputy general designer
- ↑ deputy general designer of the ship
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Replenishment capability of Type 905
- ↑ Limitation
- ↑ intended recipients
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