Chinese frigate Xianning
{{short description|Type 054A frigate of the PLA Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = China | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|China|naval}} | Ship name = Xianning | Ship namesake = *Xianning
| Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Huangpu Shipyard, Shanghai | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 22 September 2017 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 28 August 2018 | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = Pennant number: 500 | Ship motto = "{{lang|zh|勠力同心，血性制胜}}": Unite together and win with blood {{cite web |last= Lü |first=Zhongshi |title=看这些舰徽有多“靓”！|trans-title= Look at these cool ship emblems|website=Anhui provincial office of National defense education |url=https://gfjy.ahnews.com.cn/gfsp/con/2023-04/24/3613_824304.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250222074401/https://gfjy.ahnews.com.cn/gfsp/con/2023-04/24/3613_824304.html |archive-date= 2025-02-22 }} | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Active | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Type 054A frigate | Ship displacement = 4,053 tonnes (full) | Ship length = {{convert|134.1|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|16|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = CODAD, 4 × Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each | Ship speed = 27 knots estimated | Ship range = {{convert|8025|nmi|mi km}} estimated | Ship complement = 165 | Ship sensors = *Type 382 Radar
| Ship EW = *Type 922-1 radar warning receiver | Ship armament = *1 × 32-cell VLS
| Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C | Ship aircraft facilities = hangar | Ship notes = }} |
Xianning (500) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 28 August 2018.
Development and design
{{Main|Type 054A frigate}}
The Type 054A carries HQ-16 medium-range air defence missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system. The HQ-16 has a range of up to 50 km, with superior range and engagement angles to the Type 054's HQ-7. The Type 054A's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes.舰载武器SHIPBORNE WEAPONS 2013 AUGUST ISSUE
The four AK-630 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) of the Type 054 were replaced with two Type 730 CIWS on the Type 054A. The autonomous Type 730 provides improved reaction time against close-in threats.{{cite web|title=Chinese Navy|url=http://mil.jschina.com.cn/huitong/Jiangkai_Jiangwei.htm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107054058/http://mil.jschina.com.cn/huitong/Jiangkai_Jiangwei.htm|archivedate=7 January 2007|accessdate=2009-03-27|df=dmy-all}}
Construction and career
Xianning was launched on 22 September 2017 at the Huangpu Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 28 August 2018.{{Cite web|date=2019-09-10|title=中国海军"咸宁舰"昨正式入列 -咸宁日报|url=http://szb.xnnews.com.cn/xnrb/html/2018-08/29/content_298504.htm|access-date=2021-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910025138/http://szb.xnnews.com.cn/xnrb/html/2018-08/29/content_298504.htm|archive-date=2019-09-10}}
{{External media|title=Emblem of Xianning|image1=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222074501/https://gfjy.ahnews.com.cn/gfsp/pic/2023-04/24/824304_db2d0ecd-1e0a-4da3-98a9-81f9d38c1331.png}}
References
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