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Destructor Type 051B / clase Luhai

Also known as
  • Destructor Type 051B
  • Type 051B
  • Clase Luhai
  • Destructor clase Luhai
  • Clase Shenzhen
  • Destructor chino Shenzhen

El Type 051B, también llamado clase Luhai, es una clase china de destructor de misiles guiados de un solo buque de la Armada del Ejército Popular de Liberación, construida en torno al Shenzhen (DDG 167). Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company construyó este destructor experimental y modular como puente hacia combatientes de superficie posteriores de la PLAN, y Shenzhen está documentado directamente en la misión china de escolta antipiratería de 2009 en el golfo de Adén.

Destructor Type 051B / clase Luhai, Clase de destructor de misiles guiados de la Armada del Ejército Popular de Liberación de China, Sistemas navales
Image source: Chinese destroyer Shenzhen DDG167.jpg

Role in Conflicts

Resumen de la clase

La clase Type 051B / Luhai se entiende mejor como un destructor experimental, no como una familia de producción. Shenzhen combinó un casco autóctono más grande, ambiciones de mando de flota y trabajos posteriores de reacondicionamiento que hicieron del buque un puente visible entre destructores antiguos de la PLAN y combatientes de superficie posteriores de defensa aérea.

Cantidad de buques

Un casco completado: Shenzhen (DDG 167).

Constructor

Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company.

Prueba de servicio

Documentado en la misión de escolta antipiratería de 2009 en el golfo de Adén.

Configuración modernizada

Los informes públicos describen defensa aérea VLS, defensa cercana, mejoras de sensores y lanzadores YJ-12 posteriores.

Profile / Specs

Profile

Origin
China
Type
Clase de destructor de misiles guiados de la Armada del Ejército Popular de Liberación de China
Service note
Comisionado en 1999; el único buque fue modernizado posteriormente y sigue siendo un punto de referencia notable entre los combatientes de superficie de la PLAN
Produced
1996-1997
Number built
1

Specifications

Desplazamiento
Aproximadamente 6.600 toneladas a plena carga
Eslora
155 metros
Manga
17,2 metros
Calado
6 metros
Velocidad
Aproximadamente 31 nudos
Alcance
Aproximadamente 14.000 millas náuticas
Dotación
Aproximadamente 250
Propulsión
Dos turbinas de vapor que accionan dos ejes
Armamento
El ejemplar reacondicionado llevaba SAM HQ-16, misiles antibuque YJ-12, un cañón de 100 mm, CIWS Type 1130 y tubos lanzatorpedos
Sensores
Radar de búsqueda aérea Type 382, radar de búsqueda Type 360S, radar de control de tiro Type 344 y sonar de casco/de matriz remolcada
Configuración de misiles

Las referencias publicadas describen que el conjunto de misiles de Shenzhen cambió desde su configuración original de misiles antibuque lanzados desde contenedores y defensa puntual a una configuración modernizada con defensa aérea VLS y una carga antibuque más pesada.

Launched itemItem typeLaunch evidence
HQ-16 / LY-80, Medium-range surface-to-air missile system, Air DefenseHQ-16 / LY-80Misil superficie-aire naval

La modernización sustituyó el lanzador HQ-7 original por un sistema de lanzamiento vertical; Army Recognition identifica ese VLS como la configuración de defensa aérea HHQ-16/HQ-16 de 32 celdas.

Sources: Navy upgrades missile destroyer, Chinese Navy Type 051B destroyer upgraded with 16 container launchers for YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missile

YJ-83 anti-ship cruise missile, Subsonic anti-ship cruise missile, MunitionsYJ-83 anti-ship cruise missileMisil antibuque anterior al reacondicionamiento

Referencias abiertas identifican el armamento antibuque anterior de Shenzhen como misiles lanzados desde contenedores de la familia YJ-83/C-801/C-802 antes de que informes posteriores mostraran lanzadores YJ-12.

Sources: Type 051B Luhai class Guided Missile Destroyer DDG China PLAN Navy, Type 051B Luhai-class / Luyang-class Multirole Destroyer

Armas modernizadas no enlazadas

El reacondicionamiento también añadió sistemas de armas de defensa cercana, y las imágenes/informes posteriores mostraron lanzadores YJ-12, pero aún no existen registros publicables del catálogo para el YJ-12, HQ-7, Type 1130/H/PJ-11 ni para las configuraciones específicas de radar.

Sources: Navy upgrades missile destroyer, Chinese Navy Type 051B destroyer upgraded with 16 container launchers for YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missile

Fuerza de tareas de escolta de 2009

El segundo grupo chino de escolta en el golfo de Adén emparejó a Shenzhen con la fragata más nueva Type 054A Huangshan y el buque de reabastecimiento Weishanhu para tareas de escolta antipiratería.

Compatible itemItem typeCompatibility evidence
Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate class, Naval SystemsType 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigateFragata de fuerza de tareas antipiratería

China Daily y Xinhua identificaron a FFG-570 Huangshan, una fragata Type 054A, como el acompañante de Shenzhen en la segunda flotilla china de escolta en el golfo de Adén.

Sources: Two fleets of naval escort ships meet in Gulf of Aden, China sends 3rd naval fleet for anti-piracy mission

Timeline

Destructor Type 051B / clase Luhai Key Events

  1. Shenzhen botado

    El único casco Type 051B, Shenzhen (DDG 167), fue botado en Dalian antes de entrar en servicio en la PLAN.

    Sources: Type 051B Luhai-class / Luyang-class Multirole Destroyer, Chinese Navy Type 051B destroyer upgraded with 16 container launchers for YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missile

  2. El único destructor clase Luhai entra en servicio

    China Daily describe a Shenzhen como el único buque Type 051B / clase Luhai y dice que entró en servicio en la Flota del Mar del Sur en 1999.

    Sources: Navy upgrades missile destroyer

  3. La segunda flotilla china de escolta llega al golfo de Adén

    Xinhua informó que Shenzhen y Huangshan llegaron al golfo de Adén para relevar a la primera flota china de escolta en aguas amenazadas por piratas frente al Cuerno de África.

    Sources: Two fleets of naval escort ships meet in Gulf of Aden

  4. Comienza una modernización importante

    China Daily informó que Shenzhen comenzó en 2014 una importante mejora de armas y electrónica, y reapareció después con nuevas armas y una superestructura simplificada.

    Sources: Navy upgrades missile destroyer

  5. Configuración con lanzadores YJ-12 informada

    Army Recognition informó sobre imágenes que mostraban a Shenzhen equipado con 16 lanzadores asociados al misil antibuque supersónico YJ-12.

    Sources: Chinese Navy Type 051B destroyer upgraded with 16 container launchers for YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missile

Media

Destructor Type 051B / clase Luhai Videos

Destructor Type 051B / clase Luhai Images

Destructor Type 051B / clase Luhai, Clase de destructor de misiles guiados de la Armada del Ejército Popular de Liberación de China, Sistemas navales - view 1
Source: Shenzhen (DDG 167).jpg
Destructor Type 051B / clase Luhai, Clase de destructor de misiles guiados de la Armada del Ejército Popular de Liberación de China, Sistemas navales - view 2
Source: Shenzhen (DDG 167).jpg
Destructor Type 051B / clase Luhai, Clase de destructor de misiles guiados de la Armada del Ejército Popular de Liberación de China, Sistemas navales - view 3
Source: Chinese HQ-7 and Type 79A 100mm turret.jpg
Destructor Type 051B / clase Luhai, Clase de destructor de misiles guiados de la Armada del Ejército Popular de Liberación de China, Sistemas navales - view 4
Source: Shenzhen (DDG 167).jpg
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Sources

Type 051B Luhai class Guided Missile Destroyer DDG China PLAN NavyPublisher: Sea Forces | Note: Supports the class identity, single-ship status, builder, dimensions, speed, range, propulsion, armament, sensors, experimental/stealth-oriented design context, and direct Gulf of Aden anti-piracy deployment for the 2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta catalog context. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Type 051B Luhai-class / Luyang-class Multirole DestroyerPublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports the class designation, the Shenzhen reference, the class history, and the 2019 refit context including the 16 YJ-12 missile loadout mentioned in open reporting. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Category:Type 051B destroyerPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance context for the class and links to multiple reusable photographs of Shenzhen and its weapon fit. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Chinese destroyer Shenzhen DDG167.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the primary image provenance for Shenzhen, the sole Type 051B ship. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Shenzhen (DDG 167).jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports gallery image provenance for a Type 051B destroyer photograph. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Shenzhen (DDG 167) in Shekou,Shenzhen,2018.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports gallery image provenance for a later Type 051B destroyer photograph. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Chinese HQ-7 and Type 79A 100mm turret.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports gallery image provenance for a weapons-fit photograph of the Type 051B destroyer Shenzhen. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Shenzhen (DDG 167) in Tokyo.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports gallery image provenance for the November 2007 Tokyo visit photograph of Shenzhen; the author released the image into the public domain. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Chinese Antipiracy Operations in the Gulf of AdenPublisher: U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute | Note: Supports 2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta direct conflict-use context: identifies Shenzhen 167 as a Type 051B/Luhai ship in the Gulf of Aden escort force and describes Shenzhen escorting a convoy and deterring armed pirate speedboats with helicopter and special-forces support. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Two fleets of naval escort ships meet in Gulf of AdenPublisher: China Daily / Xinhua | Note: Supports 2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta direct conflict-use context: Xinhua reported that DDG-167 Shenzhen arrived with China's second Gulf of Aden escort fleet for missions through pirate-threatened Horn of Africa waters. | Accessed: 2026-07-04China sends 3rd naval fleet for anti-piracy missionPublisher: China Daily / Xinhua | Note: Supports 2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta direct conflict-use context: Xinhua reported that the second flotilla, including DDG-167 Shenzhen, had cruised waters off Somalia for more than three months before relief by the third task force. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Navy upgrades missile destroyerPublisher: China Daily | Note: Supports Shenzhen modernization context: China Daily reported the 2014 start of a major weapons and electronics upgrade, replacement of the HQ-7 launcher with VLS, close-in weapon replacements, and radar/sonar upgrades. | Accessed: 2026-07-04Chinese Navy Type 051B destroyer upgraded with 16 container launchers for YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missilePublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports reported post-refit missile-fit context: open imagery/reporting showed Shenzhen fitted with 16 YJ-12 launchers and describes the HHQ-16 VLS replacement for the earlier HQ-7 launcher. | Accessed: 2026-07-04