The Kunming Destroyer (English: Kunming Destroyer, No. 172) is the first ship of the 052D destroyer developed and built in China in the early 21st century.

The ship is the latest improved version of the 052C. The radar and shipborne weapon configurations are significantly different from the 052C. The ship is the sixth equipped with four-sided active phased array radar and universal vertical launcher after the German Saxon-class frigate, the Dutch seven-province frigate, the Danish Ivan Hughfield frigate, the Japanese autumn-class destroyer, and the Japanese-class helicopter destroyer. warship.

The Kunming destroyer was launched at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai on August 28, 2012. It was piloted in August 2013 and joined the Chinese Navy on March 21, 2014.

Development history

The Kunming destroyer (ship number: 172) is the first ship of the Chinese 052D destroyer. It was launched at the Jiangnan Shipyard on August 28, 2012. It was trialed in August 2013 and was held on March 21, 2014. Naval battle sequence.

The ship uses a new type of missile vertical launcher, large active phased array radar and other equipment. It has a full displacement of 7,500 tons, a length of 155 meters, a width of 18 meters, a draft of 6.5 meters, and a maximum speed of 30 knots. Chinese designers decided to equip them with CODOG's new powertrain, including two QC208 gas turbine engines (37,500 hp each) and two MTU12V1163TB83 diesel engines (with a total power of over 13,000 hp) and 280 crew members.