Hongqi-class cargo ship

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| Ship displacement = {{convert|1,981|t}} (full){{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| Ship propulsion = *1 x diesel engine;{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| Ship speed = {{convert|14|kn}}{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| Ship crew = 35{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| Ship armament = 2 x twin 25mm/80 guns{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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The Hongqi-class (as designated by NATO){{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}{{cite web |author=United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence |author-link=Office of Naval Intelligence |date=February 2015 |title=China People's Liberation Army Navy (PLA(N)) And Maritime Law Enforcement (MLE) 2015 Recognition And Identification Guide |url=http://www.oni.navy.mil/Intelligence_Community/china_media/posters/PLA_Navy_Identification_Guide.pdf |access-date=11 October 2022 |df=dmy-all |archive-date=22 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122163537/http://www.oni.navy.mil/Intelligence_Community/china_media/posters/PLA_Navy_Identification_Guide.pdf}} or Hongqi 081-class cargo ship{{sfn|Wertheim|2013|p=133}} is a class of auxiliary ship in the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Seven entered PLAN service in the 1970s;{{sfn|Wertheim|2013|p=133}} the same design was also used for civilian ships.{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}{{sfn|Wertheim|2013|p=133}}

The ships are used to support offshore garrison{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}{{sfn|Wertheim|2013|p=133}} and may transport personnel as well.{{sfn|Wertheim|2013|p=133}}

Ships of the class

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| 443{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| North Sea Fleet{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| 528{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| North Sea Fleet{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| 755{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| East Sea Fleet{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| 756{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| East Sea Fleet{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| 771{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| East Sea Fleet{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| 835{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| South Sea Fleet{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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| 836{{sfn|Saunders|2015|p=163}}

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References

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Sources

  • {{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}}
  • {{cite book |last=Wertheim |first=Eric |title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems |date=2013 |edition=16 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn= 978-1591149545}}

{{Ship classes of the Chinese Navy|state=uncollapsed}}

Category:Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy

Category:Auxiliary transport ship classes