Wen Jing-class frigate

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Wen Jing-class frigate
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GCNS Wen Jing test-firing her Arrow missiles for the first time in 2013
Class overview
Name: Wen Jing-class frigate
Builders: Dalian Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Operators: Chilokver Grand Chilokveri Navy
Preceded by: GCNS Tenzin
Cost: CL₡1.43 million (FY2012)
Built: 2003-2015
In commission: 2005–present
Planned: 37
Completed: 37
Active: 37
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 6,350 tons
Length: 147.2 m
Beam: 18.6 m
Draft: 5.2 m
Installed power: 2 shafts driving 5 bladed CP propellors
Propulsion:
  • COGAG
  • 2 × Toyoda GTM-20 turbine engines each producing 20,000 kW
  • 2 x GTK-70 gas turbines, each producing 7,000 kW
Speed: 30 kn (55.5 km/h; 34.5 mph)
Range: 9,300 km (5,020 nmi) at 18 kn
Endurance: 30 days
Complement: 210
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 x CSH-11 Sea Rattlesnake ASW helicopter
Aviation facilities:
  • Helipad
  • Enclosed hangar