Chinese frigate Yingtan
{{short description|Type 053K frigate}}
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| Ship namesake = Yingtan | Ship owner = | Ship operator = | Ship registry = | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = *Hudong Shipyard, Shanghai | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = December 1974 | Ship recommissioned = | 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: 531 | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Museum ship at the Chinese Navy Museum, Qingdao | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Type 053K frigate | Ship displacement = *1,700 standard | Ship length = {{convert|103.2|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|10.2|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|3.1|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *2 x SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 diesels; {{convert|16,000|shp}} | Ship range = {{convert|4,000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}} | Ship sensors = *Radar
| Ship EW = 2 x Jug Pair ESM | Ship armament = *2 × 3.9 in (100 mm)/56 (twin) guns
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Yingtan (531) was the sole Type 053K (NATO reporting name: Jiangdong) frigate constructed by the People's Republic of China for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).{{cite web |title=Frigate 531 |url=http://en.hjbwg.com/html/tushuchuban/shiwaichenlie/wuqizhuangbeilei/20171130_95.html |website=Chinese Navy Museum |access-date=7 August 2022}} She was equipped with HQ-61 surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and the Type 381 radar, making her the first PLAN ship equipped with either surface-to-air missiles or modern air search radar.{{cite book |editor-last=Sharpe |editor-first=Richard |year=1989 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1989-90 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |isbn=978-0710608864 |page=106}}
Yingtan formally entered service in 1974, but was only named on 1 August 1986. She participated in the Johnson South Reef Skirmish in 1988. The frigate retired in 1994 and became a museum ship at the Chinese Navy Museum in Qingdao.
A sister ship was being constructed at the Qiuxin Shipyard by 1979 but was not completed.
Gallery
File:“鹰潭号”053K型护卫舰（舷号531） 青岛海军博物馆 - panoramio.jpg|The forward HQ-61 SAM launcher.
File:Naval Museum 2 - panoramio.jpg|The rear HQ-61 SAM launcher.
File:Naval Museum 2015 - panoramio.jpg|The forward superstructure with the Sun Visor 8 fire control radar atop the bridge.
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