{
  "id": "type-053h3",
  "name": "Type 053H3 Class (Jiangwei II Class)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Frigate",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1998,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "Type 053H3 Class (Jiangwei II Class) Chinese Frigate were Chinese frigates that entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in the 1990s and 2000s. The class comprised 10 vessels, all of which remain in active service.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 168,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 122,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 12.4,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Draft",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "4.3 m",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": 2393,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Displacement (full load)"
    },
    {
      "k": "propulsion",
      "v": "CODAD, 2 shaft",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Engine power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "2 x 18E390VA diesel at 17,600 kW; 2 x MTU diesel at 6,499 kW",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_km",
      "v": 9332,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kt",
      "v": 16,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Combat Data System #1",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x ZKG-4A Combat Data System",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Combat Data System #2",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x ZKG-4B Combat Data System",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Search Sonar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x DUBV-23 search sonar",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Depth Sonar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x DUBV-43 variable depth sonar (VDS).",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Radars and sonars",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x Type 354 radar; 1 x Type 360 radar; 1 x Type 517H-1 Radar; 1 x Type 352 Radar; 1 x Type 347/EFR-1 Radar; 1 x Racal RM-1290",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Mast",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "900 kg",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Water Washdown System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "v": "1 x PJ33A Twin 100mm Naval Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Surface Gun; 1 x Type 76A Twin 37mm AA gun; YJ-83 (CSS-N-8 Saccade); 1 x HQ-7 Short-Range Air Defense Missile System.; YU-7 Torpedo",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "hulls",
      "v": 14,
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "Hulls listed in the source card"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "1 x PJ33A Twin 100mm Naval Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Surface Gun",
      "role": "Naval Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Surface Gun",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Naval Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Surface Gun",
        "Caliber": "100 mm",
        "Rate of fire": "25 rounds per minute"
      },
      "range_km": 22.2
    },
    {
      "name": "1 x Type 76A Twin 37mm AA gun",
      "role": "Naval Anti Aircraft Gun",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Naval Anti Aircraft Gun",
        "Caliber": "37 mm"
      },
      "range_km": 8.4
    },
    {
      "name": "YJ-83 (CSS-N-8 Saccade)",
      "role": "Subsonic anti-ship cruise missile",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Subsonic anti-ship cruise missile",
        "Guidance": "Inertial navigation/active radar homing terminal guidance",
        "Warhead": "High-explosive fragmentation",
        "Warhead weight": "190 kg",
        "Speed": "Mach 0.9"
      },
      "range_km": 180
    },
    {
      "name": "1 x HQ-7 Short-Range Air Defense Missile System.",
      "role": "Short-Range Air Defense Missile System.",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Short-Range Air Defense Missile System.",
        "Guidance": "Command + electro-optical tracking",
        "Warhead": "HE-FRAG",
        "Warhead weight": "15 km",
        "Speed": "Mach 2.3 m/s or 750 m/s",
        "Length": "3.0 m"
      },
      "range_km": [
        0.5,
        0.7
      ],
      "qty": "HE-FRAG with proximity fuse"
    },
    {
      "name": "YU-7 Torpedo",
      "role": "Torpedo",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Torpedo",
        "Guidance": "active / passive acoustic homing",
        "Warhead": "High Explosive",
        "Warhead weight": "45 kg",
        "Speed": ">45 kn (83 km/h)",
        "Length": "2.7 m"
      },
      "range_km": 14
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Lianyungang",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1998, Fleet: EastSouth Sea Fleet, Status: Sold to Bangladesh Navy as BNS Umar Farooq (F-16)",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jiaxing",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1999, Fleet: East Sea Fleet, Status: Sold to Bangladesh Navy as BNS Abu Ubaidah (F-19).",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Putian",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1999, Fleet: East Sea Fleet, Status: Sold to Bangladesh Navy as BNS Khalid Bin Walid (F-20).",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yichang",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1999, Fleet: North Sea Fleet, Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Huludao",
      "text": "Commissioned: 2000, Fleet: South Sea Fleet, Status:Active. Ex-Yulin, Renamed to Sanya in 2008, then changed to current name in April 2013 and transferred to North Sea Fleet.",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sanming",
      "text": "Commissioned: 2000, Fleet: East Sea Fleet, Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Xiangyang",
      "text": "Commissioned: 2002, Fleet: East Sea Fleet, Status: Active. Ex-Xiangfan, Renamed in June 2011.",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Huaihua",
      "text": "Commissioned: 2002, Fleet: East Sea Fleet, Status: Active.",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-053h3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "destroyer",
  "image": {
    "file": "type-053h3.jpg",
    "thumb": "type-053h3-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Wikimedia Commons contributor",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xiangfan_Jiangwei_II_Class_Frigate.JPG",
    "title": "File:Xiangfan Jiangwei II Class Frigate.JPG"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY-SA 3.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/type-053h3.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-type-053h3": {
      "title": "Type 053H3 Class (Jiangwei II Class) Chinese Frigate",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Type_053H3_Class_Jiangwei_II_Class_Chinese_Frigate",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}