Type 210 icebreaker

Type 210 icebreaker with NATO reporting name Yanbing (延冰) class is the second generation icebreaker indigenously developed by China for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) to replace Type 071/071A/071G Yanha class icebreakers, and itself has since been replaced by Chinese third generation Type 272 Yanrao class icebreaker.

Class overview
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by	Type 071 icebreaker
Succeeded by	Type 272 icebreaker
In service	1982–
Completed	1
Active	1
General characteristics
Displacement	4,420 tonnes (4,350 long tons; 4,870 short tons)
Length	102 m (334 ft 8 in)
Beam	17.1 m (56 ft 1 in)
Draft	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Installed power	Two diesel engines
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement	95
Armament	Twin 37 mm gun

Type 210 icebreaker is the improvement over earlier Type 071 icebreakers and it is larger than its predecessor. Type 210 is more capable than its predecessor in that it can break ice of 1.2 meter thick, as opposed to 1 meter thick of Type 071 series. In the 1990s, the forward twin 37 mm gun onboard Type 210 is removed during modernization, with large amount of electronic arrays added, thus also becoming a spy ship. In addition to performing icebreaking and electronic intelligence gathering missions, the third role of Type 210 icebreaker is to perform hydrographic research missions. The name of Type 210 is Haibing (海冰), meaning Sea Ice in Chinese. Specification:^[1]

Type	Pennant #	Launched	Commissioned	Status
210	Haibing 723	1980s	Dec 31, 1982	Transferred to Chinese Coast Guard

The sole unit built with Pennant # 723 has been transferred to Chinese Coast Guard on November 20, 2012.^[2]

References

1. Type 210^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Type 210 icebreakers" (in Simplified Chinese). June 1, 2019.