F-22P and 053 series

A.Man

Major
A Retired PLAN Frigate-She Could Be A Nice Gift To North Korea or A Flag Ship of Many Small Nations

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duskylim

Junior Member
VIP Professional
Ughh.... but wasn't she destroyed in a weapons-testing exercise?

China Defense Blog reports she was used in testing anti-ship missiles...
 

no_name

Colonel
That pic shows the aftermath of a hit with a top-down attack targeting the ship's bridge, the munition used did not carry a warhead.

And judging by the colour of the water the test occurred far out from shore.
 

no_name

Colonel
The F91 recently completed sea trail of its 76mm main gun, scoring 3 out of 3 hits on a drone and successfully destroyed it.
 

Tyloe

Junior Member
Janes wrote a new article about those sea trials and the P-18N's implications for Nigeria. Hand over seems to be next year or the near the end of this year.
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China has completed sea trials of a 95 m offshore patrol vessel (OPV) on order for the Nigerian Navy (NN), a Chinese state-run media outlet reported on 29 October.

The vessel, with pennant number F 91, is the first of two P-18N OPVs acquired by the NN in March 2012 to bolster its maritime surveillance, patrolling, search-and-rescue (SAR), and counter-piracy capabilities.

F 91 was launched by state-owned shipbuilder China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co (CSOC) in January 2014, and was taken for sea trials by affiliated shipyard Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry. The second OPV, F 92, is being built by CSOC in China but will be outfitted at the naval shipyard in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in a technology transfer arrangement.

According to specifications provided by CSOC, the P-18N has a full-load displacement of 1,800 tonnes and a top speed of approximately 21 kt. The vessel can accommodate 75 crew, has 20 days endurance, and a standard range of 3,000 n miles. A computer-generated image issued by the NN suggests that the OPV will have a helicopter hangar and landing deck. The weapons fit comprises a single 76 mm NG-16-1 gun with a TR47 fire-control radar, as well as pairs of 30 mm and 20 mm guns.

The vessel's delivery date has yet to be confirmed, although Nigerian Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Dele J Ezeobam told reporters in January 2014 that F 91 would be handed over by mid-2014.

In 2011, then chief of navy Vice Admiral Ola Saad Ibrahim told a conference that Nigeria plans to acquire about 12 OPVs by 2020.

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The NN is standing up to a host of challenges it faces in the Gulf of Guinea including petroleum smuggling, maritime piracy, and other criminal activities.

Prior to 2009 before it commissioned the Sea Eagle-class patrol boats, the NN struggled to counter the often heavily armed pirates of West Africa. The purchase of two OPVs from China is the latest in a string of measures that the country is taking to wrest back control of its seas from these criminal groups.
 
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asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
Some updates from warship magazine 2015 March Issue pages 22-23

Pakistan navy is going to use the 3rd and 4th F22P units that's PNS Saif and Aslat to test subsystems for next iteration of the platform

High on the-priority list is installation of VLS a 24 cell system and also talk of HQ-16 more comprehensive electronics and radar package

Supposedly the F22P frigates have modular design with plenty of inside space so to utilise it in the future

Also a 3rd and 4th Azmat Class is now under construction at Karachi dockyard and 5th and 6th units are due to be allocated for build this year

In addition PN is in talks with China for modification of Type 056 similar to what has been sold to Nigeria and Algeria which are very good for OPV and creek operations close to shore

The 6 x SSK are on hold due to lack of funds

And finally South Africa Denel offered Umkhonto SAM for F22P but installation of the 3D radar is proving too problematic so Chinese system is best opition most likely HQ-16A and FL-3000N
 
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