Name Dongguan Completed 1995 Length 103 m Endurance 15 days 0 hours | Namesake Dongguan Class and type Type 053 frigate Draft 3.05 m | |
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Status in active service, as of 2012 Displacement 1,425 long tons (1,448 t) empty
1,702 long tons (1,729 t) full Builders Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai | ||
Dongguan (560) is a Type 053H1G (Jianghu-V) frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
The frigate is based at Mischief Reef, 76 nautical miles from Half Moon Shoal, Spratly Islands in South China Sea. 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.
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