Type 210
icebreaker with
NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform manne ...
Yanbing (延冰) class is the second generation icebreaker indigenously developed by China for the
People's Liberation Army Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN; ), also known as the People's Navy, Chinese Navy, or PLA Navy, is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army.
The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chinese ...
(PLAN) to replace
Type 071/071A/071G Yanha class icebreakers, and itself has since been replaced by Chinese third generation
Type 272 Yanrao class icebreaker.
Type 210 icebreaker is the improvement over earlier
Type 071 icebreaker
Type 071 icebreaker with NATO reporting name Yanha (延哈) class is the first generation icebreaker indigenously developed in China for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). A total of two ships in three different type configurations were ...
s and it is larger than its predecessor. Type 210 is more capable than its predecessor in that it can break ice of 1.2 meter thick, as opposed to 1 meter thick of Type 071 series. In the 1990s, the forward twin 37 mm gun onboard Type 210 is removed during modernization, with large amount of electronic arrays added, thus also becoming a
spy ship. In addition to performing icebreaking and electronic intelligence gathering missions, the third role of Type 210 icebreaker is to perform hydrographic research missions. The name of Type 210 is Haibing (海冰), meaning Sea Ice in Chinese. Specification:
Type 210
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The sole unit built with Pennant # 723 has been transferred to Chinese Coast Guard
China Coast Guard (CCG; ) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the People's Armed Police of China. It is currently the world's largest coast guard.
Function
The CCG is known to perform mostl ...
on November 20, 2012.
References
{{Ship classes of the Chinese Navy, state=uncollapsed
Icebreakers of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Auxiliary icebreaker classes