Chinese submarine 361

History
China
NameNo. 361
General characteristics
Class and typeMing-class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,584 tonnes (1,559 long tons) surfaced
  • 2,113 tonnes (2,080 long tons) submerged
Length76 m (249 ft 4 in)
Beam7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Draft5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Shaanxi 6E 390 ZC1 diesels rated at 5,200 hp (3.82 MW)
  • 2 × Xiangtan alternators
  • 2 shafts
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) submerged
Complement55 (9 officers)
Armament
  • 6 × bow torpedo tubes
  • 2 × stern torpedo tubes

The submarine hull No. 361 named Great Wall #61 (长城61号)[1] was a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Type 035AIP (ES5E variant) (NATO reporting name Ming III) conventional diesel/electric submarine. In April 2003, during a military exercise in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and China's Shandong Province, the vessel suffered a mechanical failure that killed all 70 crew members on board.[2][3] It was one of China's worst peacetime military disasters. The PLA Navy's Commander Shi Yunsheng and Political Commissar Yang Huaiqing were both dismissed as a result of the accident.[2]

  1. ^ "361「長城61」號潛艇 - 香港文匯報". paper.wenweipo.com. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
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