The Type 053H2G (NATO codename Jiangwei I) are Chinese made large patrol vessels (previously classified as frigate). The ship class entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force as frigate 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 Only four units were built before the class was superseded by the more capable Type 053H3 frigate. 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.
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;Toppan, Andrew. "World Navies Today: Chinese Surface Combatants." Haze Gray & Underway.2002-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-10. 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The HQ-61 SAM proved unsatisfactory and the class was superseded by the Type 053H3 which was an improved Type 053H2G equipped with HQ-7 SAMs.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; the Z-9C helicopter was also replaced with a Z-8. On Jintang(former Anqing) the twin 37mm guns were further replaced with twin 25mm cannons.
All of the ships handed to the CCG are in the 2nd Bureau of the China Coast Guard, stationed in Ningbo.
Ships of Class Number Pennant Number Name Namesake Builder Launched Commissioned Fleet Status 1 539 (In navy service) 31239 (Pre-2018 Coast guard service) 2201 (Post-2018 Coast Guard Servcice) 安庆 / Anqing (In Navy service) 金塘 / Jintang (In Coast Guard service) City of Anqing (In navy service) Jintang island (In coast guard service) Hudong, Shanghai June 1990 July 1992 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Jintang (31239), later renumbered to 2201.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(now ready to transfer friend countries like a opv) 2 540 (In navy service) 31240 (Pre-2018 Coast guard service) 2202 (Post-2018 Coast Guard service) 淮南 / Huainan (In navy service) 洞头 / Dongtou (In Coast Guard service) City of Huainan (In navy service) District of Dongtou (in coast guard service) Hudong, Shanghai December 1990 December 1992 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Dongtou (31240), later renumbered to 2202.(now ready to transfer friend countries like a opv ) 3 541 (In navy service) 31241 (Pre-2018 coast guard service) 2203 (Post-2018 coast guard service) 淮北 / Huaibei (in navy service) 玉环 / Yuhuan (in coast guard service) City of Huaibei (In navy service) City of Yuhuan (In coast guard service) Hudong, Shanghai December 1992 July 1993 East Sea Fleet Decommissioned in 2015. Transferred to Coast Guard as Yuhuan (31241), later renumbered to 2203.(now ready to transfer to frind countries like a opv) 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
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