Type 062-I class gunboat
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The Type 062-I class gunboat is the successor of the Shanghai-I/II class gunboats
Type 062 class gunboat
The Type 062 class gunboat is a class of gunboats of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. Successor to the Shantou class gunboat, it is also known by its NATO reporting name Shanghai-I and Shanghai-II. The class is larger than its predecessor and is the most widely built...
of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
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's People's Liberation Army Navy
People's Liberation Army Navy
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. The class is consisted of two versions, the Haizhui class submarine chaser
Submarine chaser
A submarine chaser is a small and fast naval vessel specially intended for anti-submarine warfare. Although similar vessels were designed and used by many nations, this designation was most famously used by ships built by the United States of America...
and the Shanghai-III gunboat
Gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
. Although Type 062-I originated from a gunboat, the submarine chaser version is more successful in serving the People's Liberation Army Navy while the gunboat version is more successful in export market.
Haizhui class submarine chaser
The Haizhui class submarine chaser is one of the two members of the Chinese Type 062-I class, and is the ASWAnti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
version. Due to the commission of larger submarine chasers such as Haijiu class
Haijiu class submarine chaser
The Haijiu class submarine chasers are two modified versions of the Hainan class submarine chasers of the People's Liberation Army Navy....
and Haiqing class
Haiqing class submarine chaser
The Haiqing class are a submarine chaser/patrol boat of the People's Liberation Army Navy. There is some disagreement over the type designation of this class, some sources claim it is Type 037I, while others claim it is Type 037IS....
submarine chasers that are more capable, it unlikely that the production of this class of smaller submarine chaser will be continued.
Shanghai-III class gunboat
The Shanghai-III class gunboat is one of the two members of the Chinese Type 062-I class, and most of the characteristics of the two are same. The Shanghai-III lacks the ASWAnti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
capability, but is more heavily gunned, with the 23 mm guns replacing the 14.5 mm heavy machine gun
Heavy machine gun
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s of its ASW
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
cousin. Unlike its predecessor, the Shanghai-II class, the Shanghai-III also lacked the mine laying capability, a feature retained on its ASW
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
cousin. More Shanghai-III class gunboats have been in service in foreign navies (all of them are third world countries) than in the PLAN
People's Liberation Army Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...
, and the ones in the Chinese inventory are mainly used for training foreign crews, and not all export boats have the same configuration due to different customers' requirements. They are primarily used for coastal and inland patrol.
Operators
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- Timor Leste Defence Force (Shanghai III): Two boats are operating as Jaco-class since 2010.