Shantou-class gunboat

Class overview
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy
Succeeded by	Type 062 gunboat
Built	1955-1960s
In service	1955-1990s in military service
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	77.4 tonnes (76.2 long tons; 85.3 short tons)
Length	25.21 m (82 ft 9 in)
Beam	6.06 m (19 ft 11 in)
Draft	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 × 3D12 diesel engines, 300 hp (224 kW); 2 × M50 diesel engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW); 4 × FANG shafts;
Speed	22.4 knots (41.5 km/h; 25.8 mph)
Range	770 mi (1,240 km) at 11.4 knots (21.1 km/h; 13.1 mph)
Complement	17
Sensors &; processing systems	1 × navigational or surface search radar
Armament	4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns (2×2); 2 × 14.5 mm (0.57 in) heavy machine guns; 2 × depth charge rails;

The Shantou-class gunboat was a Chinese-built gunboat of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. Known in the United States as the "Swatow" class gunboat, it was based on the Soviet P-6 class torpedo boat. The boat is designated as Type 55A (55 Jia Xing, 55甲型). Instead of being wooden hulled, and having torpedoes as the main armament, the Shantou class is steel-hulled, with guns as the main armament. The Shantou (or Swatow) is the predecessor of the Type 062 gunboat, or more commonly known as the Shanghai-I & II class.