OVERVIEW: The LUDA class (Type 051) is a steam-powered guided missile destroyer (DDG).

DETAILS:    The LUDA class is similar to the Soviet KOTLIN class.

Specifications: 

       Displacement:  3250 tons (standard);  3800 (full load)
       Speed: 32 knts
       Engineering: 2 shafts, 2 steam turbines 
       Range: 5000 nm @ 14 knts; 1100 nm @ 32 knts
       Complement: 285 
       In Commission: 1 (approx.) 
       Completed: 1987 (approximate) 

NOTES:  Units in class: JINAN (105). Refitted as a trial ship in 1987 with a twin helicopter hanger and helo deck.  Capable of foreign deployment, although C2 facilities are limited.


SOURCES: Sharpe, Richard. Jane's Fighting Ships 1991-92.  London: Jane's Pub, 1991, pg. 112 ; 
