Huchuan Class Fast Attack Craft (Torpedo)

Type 025 class torpedo boat

Class overview
Name:	Huchuan
Builders:	Hutong Yard Shanghai
Operators:	People's Liberation Army Navy, Bangladesh Navy
In commission:	1966
Completed:	220+
General characteristics
Type:	Fast attack hydrofoil-torpedo boats
Displacement:	39 tons standard, 45 tons full load
Length:	22.5 metres (74 ft)
Beam:	3.8 metres (12 ft)
Draught:	3.6 metres (12 ft)
Draft:	1.15 metres (3.8 ft)
Propulsion:	3 x Soviet M 50F diesel engines; 3 shafts, 3,600 hp, 2,4 MW
Speed:	50 knots (93 km/h)
Range:	500 miles (800 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement:	11 to 16
Sensors and processing systems:	Surface search/fire control; Soviet Skin Head at E-band or Chinese Type 753 navigational radar at I-band
Armament:	Standard: 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes and 4 x 14.5 mm heavy machine guns (2x2), 2 mines and additional machine guns (on some boats)

The Type 025 class torpedo boat is also known as Huchuan class, and it was once the backbone of the People's Liberation Army Navy in its confrontations with their much larger opponents in the Republic of China Navy. Although no longer serving as the frontline workhorse, this class is still quite active today. This unsophisticated class has a surprising longevity in the active service thanks to the particular philosophy within the People's Liberation Army Navy from which this class has benefited.

Status

BNS TB 35	T 8235	Huchuan	26 Hydrofoil
BNS TB 36	T 8236	Huchuan	26 Hydrofoil
BNS TB 37	T 8237	Huchuan	26 Hydrofoil
BNS TB 38	T 8238	Huchuan	26 Hydrofoil