Chinese icebreaker Haijing 1411

Class overview
Preceded by	Type 071 icebreaker
Succeeded by	Type 272 icebreaker
In service	1982–
Completed	1
Active	1
History
China
Name	Haibing 723 (Chinese: 海冰723)
Namesake	Sea ice
Commissioned	1982
Decommissioned	2013
Fate	Transferred to China Coast Guard
China
Name	Haijing 1411 (Chinese: 海警1411)
Operator	China Coast Guard
Acquired	2013
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	Icebreaker[1]
Displacement	4,491 tonnes (4,420 long tons; 4,950 short tons) (full)[1]
Length	102 m (334 ft 8 in)[1]
Beam	17.1 m (56 ft 1 in)[1]
Draft	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)[1]
Installed power	Two diesel engines[1]
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)[1]
Complement	95[1]
Armament	8 x 37 mm gun (4 twin)[1]

Haijing 1411 (NATO reporting name Yanbing) is a China Coast Guard icebreaker.[1]

Design

Haijing 1411 design is of an enlarged Yanha (NATO reporting name) icebreaker.[1] According to Chinese report in the early 2000s using Japanese sources, it could break 1.2 meters thick ice and the superstructure was fitted with electronic surveillance equipment.[2]

History

The ship was built for the People's Liberation Army Navy in 1982 as Haibing 723.[1] and operated as a spy ship in the North Sea Fleet.[3]

In May 2000, the ship transited the Tsugaru Strait, conducted surveillance near Tsushima Island for seven days starting on May 14, and passed through the strait three times from May 23 to 26 to surveil the Cape Tappi "guard station." Japan lodged a complaint with China.[4]

The ship transferred to the coast guard in 2013.[1]

References

1. Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015). Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group. p. 170. ISBN 978-0710631435.
2. "日本眼中的中国情报搜集船". huaxia.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 8 September 2003.
3. Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2888-6.
4. Ball, Desmond; Tanter, Richard (2015). The Tools of Owatatsumi: Japan's Ocean Surveillance and Coastal Defence Capabilities. Canberra: Australian National University Press. p. 65. ISBN 9781925022278.