Li Zichuan-class destroyer

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Li Zichuan-class destroyer
File:Li Zichuan-class destroyer Batch I.png
The ZNS Li Zichuan, the name ship of its class.
Class overview
Operators: Zhenia
Preceded by: Kim Shimin-class destroyer
Subclasses: Ji Hyunseok-class cruiser
Built: 2016-present
In commission: 2018-present
Planned: 32
Building: 3
Completed: 5 (+3 Han Jisung-class)
General characteristics Li Zichuan-class
Type: Guided missile destroyer
Displacement: 12,130 metric tons full load
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166.7 m (at waterline, full load)
180.0 m (max)
Beam: 23.2 m
Draught: list error: <br /> list (help)
5.89 m (from waterline to hull)
7.84 m (including sonar bulge)
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All-electric propulsion
2 x Hanshin Motors GTM-4500 Gas Turbines, each providing 35 MW of thrust
2 x Li-Jien Dynamics LE-90 Generators, providing 5.1 MW of thrust
2 x propellers driven by electric motors
Total: 80.2 MW of thrust
Speed: 31 knots
Range: 13,000 km at 18 knots
Complement: 256
Sensors and
processing systems:
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4-sided AESA radar system
Li-Jien Dynamics Phased Array Integrated Mast (PAIM)
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Li-Jien Dynamics Integrated Electronic Warfare System (IEWS)
Armament:
  • Guns
  • 1 x 127 mm/L56 naval gun
  • 2 x 30 mm dual Gatling gun (on SkyGuard CIWS)
  • 4 x 12.7 mm RWS
  • Missile capacity
  • 48 x forward VLS cells
  • 64 x aft VLS cells
  • 16 x central VLS cells (for anti-ship missiles)
Aircraft carried: 2 x MH-60R medium lift helicopters and 1 x MQ-8B unmanned helicopter
Aviation facilities: Helicopter deck and hangar

The Li Zichuan-class destroyers are a line of guided missile destroyers built by Zhenia aimed for service in the Republic of Zhenia Defense Forces. An enlarged and modernized derivative of the existing Kim Shimin-class, it has been designed to serve as the flagship of smaller flotillas within fleets.

Development

Design

Armament

Batches

Ships of the Class

See Also