Type 058 minesweeper

The Type 058 minesweeper is a Chinese riverine minesweeper developed for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), and by the early 2010s, it has already been retired from active service from PLAN.

Class overview
Operators:  People's Liberation Army Navy
General characteristics
Type: Minesweeper
Displacement: 400 tonnes (390 long tons; 440 short tons)
Length: 40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Beam: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Draft: 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Installed power: Internal combustion engine
Propulsion: 1 × Diesel engine , 400 hp (298 kW)
Speed: 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Sensors and
processing systems:		 1 × navigational radar
Armament: 2 x 14.5 mm (0.57 in) guns

In 1967, PLAN begun development of a class of riverine minesweeper to counter magnetic mines, and it was decided to adopt a low-magnetic hull for the minesweeper, utilizing the manganese-aluminum based low magnetic steel.[1] The first unit was completed by Jiangnan Shipyard in 1971,[2] and subsequently, three more were completed. However, due to the Chinese industrial and technical capability at the time, processing the manganese-aluminum based low magnetic steel to the requirement was extremely difficult and costly,[3] and after completing four minesweepers, no more units were ordered despite the relatively successful service in PLAN. It was decided to develop a fiberglass-hulled minesweeper, Type 7102 minesweeper as a successor of Type 058.[3]

References
  1. "Type 058 minesweeper". Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  2. "Type 058 minesweeper completed in 1971". Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. "Type 7102 as a successor to Type 058". Retrieved 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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