Type 067 landing craft
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Class overview | |
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Name | Type 067 |
Builders | Huangzhou Shipyard[1] |
Operators | |
Built | 1968[2] - 1992[1] |
In commission | c. 1970 - present |
Completed | 280[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Utility landing craft |
Displacement | 137 tonnes (full load)[2] |
Length | 28.6 metres (94 ft)[2] |
Beam | 5.4 metres (18 ft)[2] |
Draught | 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in)[2] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[2] |
Range | 500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[2] |
Capacity | 46 tonnes[2] |
Complement | 12[2] |
Sensors and processing systems | Fuji navigation radar[2] |
Armament | 2 x twin 14.5 mm machine guns[2] |
The Type 067 (NATO reporting name: Yunnan) is a class of utility landing craft (LCU) of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Production ran from 1968 to 1972, possibly restarting by 1982,[2] and ending in 1992.[1]
Operators
[edit]Cameroon received two from China in 2002.[3]
By 2015 most were in reserve or in non-naval service.[2]
Sri Lanka received one from China in 1991 and another in 1995.[2]
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015). Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710631435.
- Wertheim, Eric (2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (16 ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1591149545.