 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
| History | |
|---|---|
 People's Liberation Army Navy | |
| Name | Osprey class submersible |
| Ordered | 2 |
| Awarded | 2 |
| Builder | Wuchang Shipbuilding Factory |
| Sponsored by | PLAN |
| Completed | 1988 |
| Acquired | 1989 |
| Commissioned | 1989 |
| Maiden voyage | 1988 |
| In service | 1989 |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | submersible |
| Displacement | 14.18 t |
| Length | 7.3 m (24 ft) |
| Beam | 2.7 m (8.9 ft) |
| Draft | 3.35 m (11.0 ft) |
| Installed power | batteries |
| Propulsion | electrical-hydraulic hybrid |
| Speed | 2 kt |
| Endurance | 72 h |
| Test depth | 200 m (660 ft) |
| Complement | 3 |
| Sensors and processing systems | sonar & search lights |
Osprey class submersible is a class of submersible of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) specially designed to perform torpedo retrieving missions at test ranges. This class submersible was highly classified when it originally entered service in 1989, and it was not until more than a decade later in the mid of the first decade of the 21st century when it was revealed to the public, when one of the design team members, the deputy general designer Mr. Sun Xin (孙欣), was publicized in a 2006 interview to disclose some characteristics of the submersible. This class is currently consisted of two boats, Osprey 1 (鱼鹰１号, Yu Ying Yi Hao) and Osprey 2 (鱼鹰2号, Yu Ying Er Hao).