PLAN Binzhou 515

Builders:	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard
Operators:	People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
Preceded by:	Type 054 frigate
Subclasses:	Type 054A Type 054A+
Cost:	¥ 1.4 billion[1]
In commission:	2008–present[2]
Building:	3 as of January 2018[3]
Active:	27 as of April 2018[2]
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Displacement:	4,053 tonnes (full) (CCTV report)
Length:	134.1 m (440 ft) (CCTV report)
Beam:	16 m (52 ft) (CCTV report)
Propulsion:	CODAD, 4 x Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each
Speed:	27 knots estimated
Range:	8,025 nautical miles (9,235 mi; 14,862 km) estimated
Complement:	165
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand) OTH target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × Type 345 Radar(MR-90 Front Dome) SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system
Armament:	1 × 32-cell VLS HQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti submarine rocket launcher 2 × 4 C-803 anti-ship / land attack cruise missiles 1 × PJ26 76 mm dual purpose gun 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns or Type 1130 2 × 3 324mm Yu-7 ASW torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried) 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers
Aircraft carried:	1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C
Aviation facilities:	hangar