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Type 082 mine countermeasure vessel

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The Type 082 class minesweeper is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ship class. It is also known as Wosao class in the west, but the Chinese media has translated the name as Wusao, short for armed (Wu-zhuang, 武裝) mine sweeping boat (Sao-lei-ting, 掃雷). As with most mine countermeasure vessels in PLAN, all Type 082 ships are also equipped with mine laying rails and thus are also deployed as minelayers.[1]

Type 082 mine countermeasure vessel

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Type 082 mine countermeasure vessel
Type 082 mine countermeasure vessel
Class overview
NameWusao-class
BuildersJiangxin Shipbuilding Factory, Jiangxi
Operators People's Liberation Army Navy
Built1984–unknown
In commission1987–present
General characteristics
TypeMine countermeasures
Displacement313.5 t (309 long tons; 346 short tons) full load
Length44.8 m (147 ft 0 in)
Beam6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
Draught3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 or 4 × diesel engines
  • 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) or 4,400 hp (3,281 kW)
  • 2 or 4 shafts
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) or 900 nmi (1,700 km; 1,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement40 (including 6 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
Type 753 I-band navigational radar
Armament
  • 2 × twin Type 61 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
  • 6 mines

The Type 082 mine countermeasure vessel with NATO reporting name Wosao I class[2][3][4][5][6] is the successor to the Type 058 and Type 7102 minesweepers.

Although both Type 058 and Type 7102 met their requirements, the backwardness of Chinese industrial and manufacturing capabilities limited both classes from being mass-produced, resulting in only 20 Type 058 minesweeper and a single Type 7102 minesweeper being built. Decision was made to have a new class of minesweeper based on the technical experience gained from both classes, along with lessons learned from the deployment of Type 312 minesweeper in North Vietnam, and this is the origin of 082 minesweeper. This project was first issued in 1976 during the 3rd Conference on Mine Countermeasure Equipment, but due to the political turmoil in China, namely, the Cultural Revolution, construction did not begun until 1984. The type was jointly designed by the 708th and 710th institutes, and Jiangxin (江新) Shipbuilding Factory in Jiangxi was the contractor, with the first unit entering service in 1987. The general designer was Mr. Ma Jinghua (馬錦華), the same general designer of Wolei class minelayer. This class was consequently upgraded by doubling the number of engines and shafts, and most units were built by the Wusong Shipyard at Shanghai. Originally completed as minesweepers, these ships are subsequently incorporated mine-hunting capability during later upgrades.

This minesweeper carries Type 317 magnetic sweeping gear, Type 318 mechanical sweeping gear, Type 318 acoustic sweeping gear, and Type 319 infrasonic sweeping gear, and it can also be used as a minelayer with capability to carry 6 mines. The boat is powered by 4 M50 diesel, and more than half a dozen have entered Chinese service. The Pennant number of these units changed to 800's series in 2004 from the original 4400's.

Type 082I mine countermeasure vessel

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Type 082I mine countermeasure vessel

Type 082I mine countermeasure vessel is the follow-on design of the original Type 082, with slight increase in displacement to more than 400 tons. A dozen of this type have been built and entered PLAN service after 2000.[2][3][4][5] Not all unit of this class had the same equipment as they were built, with some later units had additional mine-hunting equipment installed, which was back-fitted to earlier units, as well as it predecessor Type 082. Type 082I has received NATO reporting name Wosao II class.[2][3][4][5][7]



Type 082II mine countermeasure vessel

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Type 082II mine countermeasure vessel with NATO reporting name Wozang-class[2][3][4][5] is the modern development of the base Type 082. The first unit of the Type 082II-class, named Huoqiu on April 23, 2005, was launched in 2004 and entered Chinese service in June 2005 with pennant number 804. From the design to its completion, it took more than a decade and cost over 600 million Yuan Renminbi. The Chinese industrial and manufacturing capability are finally mature enough to produce minesweepers with components built of fiberglass and steel with low magnetic signature at an acceptable price, but the exact content is unknown due to lack of official governmental sources. Some Chinese internet websites claim that the superstructure is built with fiberglass and the hull was built with low magnetic signature steel, while others claim that the entire boat was built of fiberglass.

The second unit with pennant number 818 named Kunshan, entered service in December 2011. Some Chinese internet sources have claimed that this second unit is an all fiberglass construction boat, while the first was fiberglass superstructure mounted on low magnetic signature steel hull, because it took about half a decade for Chinese shipyards to master all fiberglass construction for boats of this size, but as with other claims about this class, all have yet to be verified by official or governmental sources. Built by Qiuxin Shipyard at Shanghai, Type 082II mine countermeasure vesselis known in the West as the Wozang-class.

Specifications:

  • Length: 55 meter
  • Beam: 9.3 meter
  • Draft: 2.6 meter
  • Displacement: 575 ton
  • Armament: 1 twin 25 mm gun
Type 082II mine countermeasure vessel


Type 529 minesweeper

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Type 082II mine countermeasure vessel can work independently, but it can also work as a mother ship for the small Type 529 minesweeper. Three units of this class have been observed, with pennant numbers 8181, 8182 and 8183 respectively, and they are observed usually with Type 082II-class Kunshan (818).

Although designed to work mainly in conjunction with Type 082II, these boats can also work independently or with other larger mine countermeasure vessels in the PLAN. The Type 529 minesweeper appears to be the logical successor of Type 312 minesweeper, in that like its predecessor, Type 529 minesweeper can be either manned or operated remotely.

Ships

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Type NATO designation Pennant No. Name
(English)
Name
(Han 中文)
Commissioned Displacement Fleet Status
Type 082II Wozang class 804 Huoqiu 霍邱 2005 575 t East Sea Fleet Active
818 Kunshan 昆山 2011 575 t East Sea Fleet Active
809 Kaiping 开平 2015 575 t South Sea Fleet Active
811 Rongcheng 荣城 2016 575 t North Sea Fleet Active
814 Donggang 东港 2016 575 t North Sea Fleet Active
808 Rudong 如东 2017 575 t East Sea Fleet Active
Type 082I Wosao II class 806 Zhijiang 枝江 2004 400 t East Sea Fleet Active
807 Zhuji 诸暨 2004 400 t East Sea Fleet Active
816 Haimen 海门 2004 400 t East Sea Fleet Active
817 Wenling 温岭 2004 400 t East Sea Fleet Active
820 Pingdu 平度 2004 400 t North Sea Fleet Active
821 Changyi 昌邑 2004 400 t North Sea Fleet Active
822 Yangshuo 阳朔 2004 400 t North Sea Fleet Active
823 Yongsheng 永胜 2004 400 t North Sea Fleet Active
824 Daxin 大新 2004 400 t South Sea Fleet Active
825 Huarong 华容 2004 400 t South Sea Fleet Active
826 Rongjiang 榕江 2004 400 t South Sea Fleet Active
827 Qionghai 琼海 20004 400 t South Sea Fleet Active
Type 082 Wosao I class 800 Chun'an 淳安 1988 313.5 t East Sea Fleet Active
801 Xiangshan 象山 1988 onward 313.5 t East Sea Fleet Active
802 Chongming 崇明 1988 onward 313.5 t East Sea Fleet Active
803 Fenghua 奉化 1988 onward 313.5 t East Sea Fleet Active
Type 529 minesweeper (MS) / mine sweeping drone (MSD) ? 3+ Not named Not named 2004/2005- 100 t All fleets Active

References

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  1. ^ "Type 082 is also a minelayer" (PDF) (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "PLANS recognition guide 2018". July 16, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "PLANS recognition guide 2019". February 19, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "PLANS recognition guide 2020". February 19, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "PLANS recognition guide 2015". August 7, 2015.
  6. ^ "Type 082 Wosao I class MCMV". Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Type 082I Wosao II class MCMV". Retrieved March 7, 2022.