Type 905 replenishment oiler

The Type 905 (NATO reporting name: Fuqing) is a class of replenishment oiler (AOR) built for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) by the People's Republic of China (PRC). They were the first ships built to perform underway replenishment in the PLAN.^[2]

Hongzhu at Pearl Harbor in 2006.
Class overview
Builders	Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company[1]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy  Pakistan Navy
Succeeded by	Type 908 replenishment ship
In commission	1980–present
Completed	4
Active	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Replenishment oiler
Displacement	22,099 tons (full load)[2]
Length	168.2 metres (552 ft)[2]
Beam	21.8 metres (72 ft)[2]
Draught	9.4 metres (31 ft)[2]
Propulsion	1 x Sulzer 8RL B66 diesel engine;[2] 1 shaft;[2] Total output: 15,000 hp (11,000 kW)[2]
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[2]
Range	18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km; 21,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)[2]
Capacity	10,550 tons of fuel oil, 1000 tons of diesel, 200 tons of feed water, 200 tons of drinking water[3]
Complement	130[2]
Sensors and processing systems	Fin Curve navigation radar;[2] or Racal-Decca 1290 navigation radar[2]
Aircraft carried	1 medium helicopter[2]
Aviation facilities	flight deck[2]

Four Type 905s were built. The three PLAN ships began entering service by the early 1980s. One was transferred to the Chinese merchant navy in 1989.^[2][1] The remainder were likely decommissioned by 2020.^[4] The fourth ship entered service with the Pakistan Navy in 1987.^[5][6]

Design

The Type 905 has three replenishment positions on each side; the forward two are for liquids, and the rear is for solids.^[5]

Ships of the class

Name	Hull No.	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Formation	Status	Notes
People's Liberation Army Navy
Hongzhu[2]	881[2]	Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company[1]			East Sea Fleet[2]	Retired[4]	Formerly Taicang, Beiyu (575)[1]
Poyanghu[2]	887[3]	Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company[1]			North Sea Fleet[2]	Retired[4]	Formerly Dongyun (615)[1]
Pakistan Navy
Nasr[5]	A47[5]	Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company[5]	14 March 1987[6]	1 August 1987[7]	9th Auxiliary and Mine Warfare Squadron[5]	Active[5]
Chinese merchant navy
Hai Lang[2]		Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company[1]				Active[2]	Formerly Hongcang (950) of the PLAN[2]

References

1. Wertheim 2013, pp. 133–134.
2. Saunders 2015, p. 161.
3. Saunders 2015, p. 160.
4. United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence (19 February 2020). PLA Navy Identification Guide (Report). Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
5. Saunders 2015, p. 613.
6. Wertheim 2013, p. 512.
7. "Fleet Tankers". Pakistan Navy. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

Sources

• Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015). Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710631435.
• Wertheim, Eric (2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (16 ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1591149545.