Type 680 training ship


The Type 680 training ship (NATO reporting name Dadu) otherwise known as Qi Jiguang is a training ship of the People's Liberation Army Navy. It joined the PLA Navy on 21 February 2017.[1]

Qi Jiguang
Qi Jiguang in Brunei, 2014
History
China
Name:
  • Qi Jiguang
  • (戚继光舰)
Namesake: Qi Jiguang
Builder: Qiuxing Shipyard, Shanghai
Completed: November 2016
Commissioned: 21 February 2017
In service: 2017-Present
Homeport: Dalian, Liaoning
Identification: Pennant number: AX-83
Nickname(s): NATO reporting name Dadu
Status: Active
General characteristics
Type: Training ship
Displacement: 9000 t
Length: 163 m (535 ft)
Beam: 22 m (72 ft)
Propulsion: 2 SEMT-Pielstick diesels, 2 shafts, 7,200 bhp
Speed: 22 kts
Range: 10,000nm
Boats & landing
craft carried:

2 x multi-purpose boats

2 x life boats
Complement: Crew: 450
Instructors: 50
Cadets: 400
Armament:

1 x 76mm single H/PJ-26

2 x 30 mm H/PJ-17
Aircraft carried: 1 Changhe Z-8

Construction and career

It has been engaged in a number of training voyages around the Indo-Pacific Region in 2019, notably visiting Wellington in New Zealand between 22-26 October. Rear Admiral Yu Wenbing invited various New Zealanders to a courtesy reception scheduled for 29 October 2019. Victoria University of Wellington staff discussed whether it was appropriate to attend the reception; in the event, Assistant Vice-Chancellor Rebecca Needham, a former director of the VUW Confucius Institute, attended the event, along with several staff members of the university's Confucius Institute attended.[2] The New Zealand Defence Force said the visit had been arranged through normal diplomatic channels.

  • Qi Jiguang Gallery
  • Qi Jiguang’s starboard side.
  • Qi Jiguang’s midship antenna and radar arrays.
  • Qi Jiguang’s smoke stack.
  • Qi Jiguang’s navigational ship compass.
  • Qi Jiguang’s forward bow view of all her main armaments.
  • Qi Jiguang builder’s plaque.
  • Qi Jiguang’s aft view towards midship.
  • Qi Jiguang’s life boat.
  • Qi Jiguang’s helipad.
  • Qi Jiguang at anchor, 21 June 2019

References
  1. "680 type AX Qi Jiguang training ship". Global Security. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117990295/victoria-university-staff-invited-onto-chinese-naval-ship-during-unannounced-nz-visit
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