Dongguan
History
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	1,425 long tons (1,448 t) empty 1,702 long tons (1,729 t) full
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	2 × 8,000 shp (5,966 kW) 12E390VA diesel engines 2 × 16PA6V280BTC diesel generators 2 shafts
Speed	25.6 knots (47.4 km/h; 29.5 mph)
Endurance	15 days
Complement	200
Sensors and processing systems	Type 360S 2D E/F-band air/surface search radar Type 517A A-Band radar Type 343G I/J-band main gun and missile targeting radar Type 341 I-band anti-aircraft targeting radar Racal Decca RM-1290 navigation radars SJD-5 hull-mounted MF sonar SJC-1B reconnaissance sonar SJX-4 communications sonar Type 651A IFF ZJK-3A combat intelligence centre
Armament	As built: 2 × triple SY-1 SSM launchers (midships) 2 × Type 79 100 mm naval guns (fore & aft) 4 × Type 76 twin 37 mm naval guns 2 × Type 3200 6-barrel anti-submarine rocket launcher (bow) 4 × Depth charge projectors (aft) 2 × Depth charge racks (aft) After 2008 refit: 2 × quadruple YJ-83 AShM launchers 2 × Type PJ33A 100 mm guns

Dongguan (560) is a Type 053H1G (Jianghu-V) frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy.

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]

• Spratly Islands dispute