Type 051C destroyer

Shenyang entering Vladivostok on 25 August 2015
Class overview
Builders	Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
Preceded by	Type 051B (based on hull family) Type 052C (based on commissioning date)
Succeeded by	Type 052D (based on commissioning date)
Built	2003–2007
In service	2006–present
Planned	2
Completed	2
Active	2
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	7,100 tons
Length	155 m (508 ft 6 in)
Beam	17.1 m (56 ft 1 in)
Draught	6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 indigenous steam turbines
Speed	30 knots
Sensors & processing systems	Fregat-MAE-5 (Top Plate) 3D air search phased array radar Type 364 (SR64) surface search radar Mineral-ME (Band Stand) over-the-horizon targeting radar Tombstone 3D phased-array target tracking radar Type 347G I-band fire-control radars
Armament	48 × S-300FM (SA-N-20) surface-to-air missiles (6 x 8 revolver-style VLS) 8 × YJ-83 anti-ship missiles 1 × 100 mm H/PJ-87 dual purpose gun 2 × Type 730 30 mm seven-barrel Gatling gun close-in weapons systems 2 × 3 324 mm torpedo launchers carrying Yu-7 torpedoes 2 × 15 Type 946 decoy launchers 2 × 18 Type 726-4 decoy launchers
Aircraft carried	Kamov Ka-28 Helix-size helicopter
Aviation facilities	No hangar

The Type 051C destroyer (NATO reporting name: Luzhou class) is a long-range air-defence guided-missile destroyer built by China in its ongoing effort to create a true blue water navy. The ship uses the hull design of the older Type 051B (Luhai class), but is equipped with the advanced Russian S-300FM air defence missiles systems. Currently, two ships of this class have been launched and deployed by People's Liberation Army Navy North Sea Fleet.