The Type 02 torpedo boat is a family of Chinese
torpedo boat
A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs were steam-powered craft dedicated to ramming enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes. Later evolutions launched variants of ...
s developed from the Soviet
P 6-class torpedo boat, and these boats have since retired from active service in the
People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
Development
In 1954,
People's Republic of China
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(PRC) and former
Soviet Union
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(USSR) reached agreement to allow PRC to license produce Soviet P-6 torpedo boats under the supervision of Soviet technical advisors, with components and blue prints supplied by USSR.
In the February 1955, construction of the first boat in China begun at
Wuhu
Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei city to the northwest, Ma'ansh ...
Shipyard (芜湖造船厂), the predecessor of the Wuhu Xinlian Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (芜湖新联造船有限公司), where a total of 51 boats were eventually built. Half a year later in August of that same year, construction of the first boat of the second production line begun at
Guangzhou Shipyard
CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) Company Limited (COMEC), formerly Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited (GSI), is the largest modern integrated shipbuilding enterprise based in Southern China. It was founded in 1954 and is ...
, where 12 boats were eventually completed.
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After completion of 12 boats at Guangzhou shipyard and 12 boats at Wuhu shipyard, USSR encountered difficulty to supply the specialized wood needed, so effort was spent to find domestic Chinese wood as a necessary replacement. From the 25th unit that begun construction in 1957, domestic Chinese wood had been used to successfully replace the imported wood.][ A total of 63 boats were completed, with 51 by Wuhu Shipyard, 12 by Guangzhou Shipyard.][ Originally equipped with Type 512 radar, most of boats were eventually had it replaced by Type 351.][
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Variants
Several variants of Type 02 series torpedo boats have produced, including the following:
*Type 6602: First 24 units produced in China, differs from the original Soviet P-6 class in lack of the depth charges, because ROCN
The Republic of China Navy (ROCN; ), also called the ROC Navy and colloquially the Taiwan Navy, is the maritime branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces (ROCAF).
The service was formerly commonly just called the Chinese Navy during World Wa ...
, the adversary of PLAN, did not have any submarines.[
*Type 02: 25th units onward, with domestic Chinese wood replaced the imported Soviet wood.][
*Type 0101: Derivative of Type 02 as an enlarged wooden-hulled gunboat version, developed under the supervision of Soviet advisor, with displacement increased to 75 tons.][
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References
{{Ship classes of the Chinese Navy, state=uncollapsed
Torpedo boat classes
Torpedo boats of the People's Republic of China