''Dongguan'' (560) is a
Type 053H1G (Jianghu-V)
frigate of the
People's Liberation Army Navy.
The frigate is based at
Mischief Reef
Mischief Reef, also known as Panganiban Reef ( tl, Bahura ng Panganiban); vi, Đá Vành Khăn; also known in Mandarin ;, is a low tide elevation (LTE) reef/atoll surrounding a large lagoon in the SE of Dangerous Ground in the east of the Spr ...
, 76 nautical miles from
Half Moon Shoal
Half Moon Shoal, also known as Hasa Hasa Shoal ( tl, Kulumpol ng Hasa Hasa); Mandarin , is a shoal at the eastern edge of the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. China and the Philippines have competing claims over the shoal. It is located cl ...
,
Spratly Islands
The Spratly Islands ( fil, Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; zh, c=南沙群島/南沙群岛, s=, t=, p=Nánshā Qúndǎo; Malay, id, Kepulauan Spratly; vi, Quần đảo Trường Sa) are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. Composed ...
in
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phi ...
.
On 25 February 2011 she was involved in a confrontation in
Jackson Atoll with three fishing boats from the Philippines.
She ran aground on Half Moon Shoal on 11 July 2012.
See also
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Spratly Islands dispute
References
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Frigates of the People's Liberation Army Navy