Chinese frigate Dongguan
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Dongguan (560) is a Type 053H1G (Jianghu-V) frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
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China | |
Name | Dongguan |
Namesake | Dongguan |
Builder | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai[1] |
Completed | 1995[1] |
Status | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Type 053 frigate |
Displacement | |
Length | 103.22 m (338 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 25.6 knots (47.4 km/h; 29.5 mph) |
Endurance | 15 days |
Complement | 200 |
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The frigate is based at Mischief Reef, 76 nautical miles from Half Moon Shoal, Spratly Islands in South China Sea.[3] On 25 February 2011 she was involved in a confrontation in Jackson Atoll with three fishing boats from the Philippines.[4] She ran aground on Half Moon Shoal on 11 July 2012.[5][3]