Chinese icebreaker Haijing 6401
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = | Builders = | Operators = | Class before = Type 071 icebreaker | Class after = Type 272 icebreaker | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = | In service range = 1982– | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = | Total ships completed = 1 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = 1 | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|China|naval}} | Ship country = China | Ship name = Haibing 723 ({{zh|海冰723}}) | Ship namesake = Sea ice | Ship launched = | Ship commissioned = 1982 | Ship fate = Transferred to China Marine Surveillance | Ship decommissioned = November 2012 | Ship renamed = from C723 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|China|coast guard}} | Ship country = China | Ship name = Haijian 111 ({{zh|海监111}}) | Ship acquired = November 2012 | Ship decommissioned = 2013 | Ship operator = China Marine Surveillance | Ship fate = Transferred to China coast guard }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|China|coast guard}} | Ship country = China | Ship name = Haijing 1411 ({{zh|海警1411}}) | Ship acquired = 2013 | Ship status = In service | Ship operator = China Coast Guard | Ship renamed = to Haijing 6401 ({{zh|海警6401}}) }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Icebreaker | Ship tonnage = | Ship displacement = {{convert|4491|t}} (full) | Ship length = {{convert|102|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|17.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{convert|5.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship power = Two diesel engines | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = {{convert|17|kn}} | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = 8 x 37 mm gun (4 twin) | Ship armour = | Ship notes = }} |
Haijing 6401 (NATO reporting name Yanbing) is a China Coast Guard icebreaker.{{cite book |editor-last=Saunders |editor-first=Stephan |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |date=2015 |isbn=978-0710631435 |page=170}}
Design
Haijing 6401 is the sole icebreaker of the Type 210 (NATO: Yanbing) class.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-04 |title=揭秘中国海军破冰船发展:百天建成首艘 如今经历三代 |url=https://mil.sina.cn/sd/2018-03-04/detail-ifxipenm7476840.d.html |website=Sina |publisher=Sina military official account}} According to a Chinese report in the early 2000s using Japanese sources, it could break 1.2 meters thick ice and the superstructure was fitted with electronic surveillance equipment.{{cite web |title=日本眼中的中国情报搜集船 |lang=zh |url=http://www.huaxia.com/zt/2002-29/104814.html |website=huaxia.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030908115904/http://www.huaxia.com/zt/2002-29/104814.html |archive-date=8 September 2003}}
History
The ship was built for the People's Liberation Army Navy in 1982 as C723, which was then Changed to Haibing 723, and operated as a spy ship in the North Sea Fleet.{{cite book |editor-last=Saunders |editor-first=Stephan |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |date=2009 |isbn=978-0-7106-2888-6}}
In May 2000, the ship transited the Tsugaru Strait, conducted surveillance near Tsushima Island for seven days starting on May 14, and passed through the strait three times from May 23 to 26 to surveil the Cape Tappi "guard station." Japan lodged a complaint with China.{{cite book |last1=Ball |first1=Desmond |last2=Tanter |first2=Richard |year=2015 |title=The Tools of Owatatsumi: Japan's Ocean Surveillance and Coastal Defence Capabilities |publisher=Australian National University Press |location=Canberra |isbn=9781925022278 |page=65}}
The ship was transferred to the China Marine Surveillence's North China Sea Fleet and renamed to Haijian 111 ({{Zh|c=海监111}}).{{Cite web |title=11艘退役军舰改建加入海监 数量与日本仍有差距 |trans-title=11 Navy ships were handed to the China Marine Surveillance, however there is still a numerical difference with Japan |url=http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0101/c70731-20067026.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=politics.people.com.cn}}https://hk.crntt.com/crn-webapp/doc/docDetailCreate.jsp?coluid=7&kindid=0&docid=102387102&page=2&mdate=0102132927 中國11退役軍艦加入海監 數量仍不及日本 [11 decommissioned Chinese navy ships are acquired by the China Marine Surveillance however numbers are still lacking compared to Japan]{{Cite web |author=United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence |author-link=Office of Naval Intelligence |date=December 2022 |title=PLA Navy Identification Guide |url=https://www.oni.navy.mil/Portals/12/2022_PLAN_Recognition_Poster_UNCLASSIFIED.pdf |access-date=20 December 2022 |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web |title=中国海军5000吨级破冰舰改装海监船巡航钓鱼岛 |trans-title=Chinese navy 5000 tonne icebreaker converted into CMS ship conducts patrols around Diaoyu Islands |url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/mil/2012/12-21/4427335.shtml |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=www.chinanews.com.cn}} On 21 December 2012 Haijian 111 participated in a patrol with Haijian 50 and Haijian 83 off the Diaoyu Islands.{{Cite web |title=中國海監船再次進入釣魚島海域 - BBC中文網 - 兩岸三地 |url=https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese_news/2012/12/121221_japan_china |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=www.bbc.com |language=zh-Hant}}
The ship was transferred to the coast guard in July 2013 after the China Marine Surveillence was disbanded.{{cite book |last1=Martinson |first1=Ryan D. |url=https://www.cna.org/news/events/China-Maritime-Power-Conference |title=China as a "Maritime Power" |date=2015 |publisher=CNA |page=3 |chapter=From Words to Actions: The Creation of the China Coast Guard}} Haijian 111 was renamed to Haijing 1411.{{Cite web |title=實力堪比一國海軍，帶你重新認識中國海警 {{!}} 內地 - 香港中通社 |trans-title=The new Chinese coast guard is as strong as some navies |url=https://www.hkcna.hk/docDetail.jsp?id=100436592&channel=2808 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=www.hkcna.hk}}
According to the Office of Naval Intelligence, Haijing 1411 was renamed to Haijing 6401.
References
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Category:Icebreakers of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Category:Auxiliary icebreaker classes