Type 081
Type 081 mine countermeasure vessel (NATO reporting name Wochi-class ) is a Chinese minesweeper/minehunter currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The second batch is often designated as Type 081A .
Type 081
Type 081 was built by Qiuxin (求新) Shipyard of Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai . The first ship was launched in 2006 and entered service in 2007. Specification:[ 1]
Type
Pennant #
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Status
Fleet
081
805
张家港 / Zhangjiagang
Qiuxin
2006
6 Mar 2007
Active
East Sea Fleet
081
810
靖江 / Jingjiang
Qiuxin
―
9 Nov 2007
Active
East Sea Fleet
081
839
浏阳 / Liuyang
Qiuxin
12 Nov 2006
29 July 2007
Active
South Sea Fleet
081
840
泸溪 / Luxi
Qiuxin
15 May 2006
29 July 2007
Active
South Sea Fleet
Type 081A
Originally only known as the second batch of Type 081, it was revealed that this new minesweeper was designated as Type 081A,[ 2] and it is a development of earlier Type 081. Type 081A is designed by the 708th Institute. A total of five have entered service with PLAN by mid-2014. Specification:[ 3]
Displacement: 1200 tons
Length: 67.8 m (222 ft)
Armament: 1 H/PJ-14 single 30 mm naval gun
Type
Pennant #
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Status
Fleet
081A
841
孝义 / Xiaoyi
JNCX
Oct 2010
Feb 24, 2012
Active
South Sea Fleet
081A
842
台山 / Taishan
JNCX
―
Aug 6, 2012
Active
South Sea Fleet
081A
843
常熟 / Changshu
Wuchang
May 2012
May 13, 2013
Active
South Sea Fleet
081A
844
鹤山 / Heshan
JNCX
Sept 2012
Oct 10, 2013
Active
South Sea Fleet
081A
845
青州 / Qingzhou
JNCX
―
Jan 26, 2014
Active
North Sea Fleet
081A
846
禹城 / Yucheng
JNCX
Sept 2013
10 Oct 2014
Active
North Sea Fleet
081A
847
仁怀 / Renhuai
Wuchang
―
2018
Active
North Sea Fleet
081A
848
宣威 / Xuanwei
Wuchang
Aug 2017
2018
Active
North Sea Fleet
081A
849
无棣 / Wudi
Wuchang
10 Dec 2017
2019
Active
North Sea Fleet
081A
831
―
Wuchang
28 Mar 2018
2019
Active
East Sea Fleet
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