The Type 058 minesweeper is a Chinese riverine minesweeper developed for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), and by the early 2010s, it has already been retired from active service from PLAN.
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators |  People's Liberation Army Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Displacement | 400 tonnes (390 long tons; 440 short tons) |
| Length | 40 m (131 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power | Internal combustion engine |
| Propulsion | 1 × Diesel engine , 400 hp (298 kW) |
| Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Sensors and processing systems | 1 × navigational radar |
| Armament | 2 x 14.5 mm (0.57 in) guns |
In 1967, PLAN begun development of a class of riverine minesweeper to counter magnetic mines, and it was decided to adopt a low-magnetic hull for the minesweeper, utilizing the manganese-aluminum based low magnetic steel.[1] The first unit was completed by Jiangnan Shipyard in 1971,[2] and subsequently, three more were completed. However, due to the Chinese industrial and technical capability at the time, processing the manganese-aluminum based low magnetic steel to the requirement was extremely difficult and costly,[3] and after completing four minesweepers, no more units were ordered despite the relatively successful service in PLAN. It was decided to develop a fiberglass-hulled minesweeper, Type 7102 minesweeper as a successor of Type 058.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Type 058 minesweeper". Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Type 058 minesweeper completed in 1971". Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Type 7102 as a successor to Type 058". Retrieved 20 November 2015.