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2012-07-14 — (China Military News by CDM)Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) on Friday confirmed that a Chinese warship has run aground on a shoal located well within Philippine waters, about 60 nautical miles from Rizal, Palawan.
The DND said the ship that ran aground was a Jianghu Class, a Chinese guided missile frigate with bow number 560.
FFG 560 “Dongguang” is one of 053H1G class missile frigates, currently operational with the PLA South Sea Fleet, was built by the Guangzhou-based Huangpu Shipyard in the early 1990s under an emergency construction programme in response to the worsening situation in the South China Sea. These vessels are currently undergoing a modernisation refit to replace their weapon systems with newer and more advanced designs. At least two hulls (560, 563) have completed their modernisation refit in 2008.
Referred to by the NATO as the Jianghu-V class, the Type 053H1G was generally based on the hull design of the Type 053H1 (Jianghu-II Class) originally introduced in the early 1980s, but with improved weapon systems and better living conditions for its crew. The first hull Zigong (558) was launched in 1992 and commissioned in May 1993. The last hull Foshan (563) was commissioned in 1995.
The primary surface strike weapon system is the ShangYou-1 (SY-1) anti-ship missile. The ongoing modernisation refit of the Type 053H1G replaces the SY-1 missiles with eight YingJi-83 (YJ-83) anti-ship cruise missiles. Two quadruple launchers are installed at the mid-ship position. The missile uses active radar-homing to deliver a 165kg warhead to a range in excess of 180km.
“We have dispatched our own assets from the Western Command to investigate kung bakit siya andyan. Naaksidente ba? Kung kailangan nila ng tulong, tutulong tayo,” Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said.
[AFG_gallery id='41']Australian paper Sydney Morning Herald reported that the Chinese warship ran aground while patrolling the contested waters adjacent to the Philippines in the hotly-contested West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
The report quoting Western Diplomatic sources added that the frigate pinned itself to a reef the other night at Half Moon (Hasa Hasa) Shoal, on the southeastern edge of the Spratlys Islands and remains “thoroughly struck”.
“Salvage operations could be diplomatically challenging, given the vessel appears to have run around within 200 kilometers of the Philippines Coast, which is squarely within what Manila claims to be its Exclusive Economic Zone,” the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Sources in the Armed Forces’ Western Command (Wescom) said the ill-fated Chinese warship is one of several Chinese naval gunboats that have been conducting regular patrols in the West Philippine Sea and have been aggressively harassing Filipino fishermen in the hotly-contested waters.
Another source said the sea mishap occurred several days ago without any sign that the Chinese warship being salvaged from the area.
“It’s been there since it (warship) struck the reef several days ago,” said a source, adding that the Chinese vessel is based at the Chinese’s highly-fortified Panganiban Reef (Mischief Reef).
Mischief Reef, he said, is only 76 nautical miles from Hasa Hasa Shoal.
While the sealane in Hasa-Hasa is an international passage way for commercial vessels, the source said the presence of the Chinese warship in the area only bolstered China’s creeping invasion in the South China Sea, which is also being claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunie.
“Hasa Hasa Shoal is only 60 nautical miles from Rizal, Palawan. They have no right to be there in the first place,” the source stressed.
For several months now, China has become very aggressive in laying its territorial claim over the entire South China Sea based only on historical claim.
Aside from Mischief Reef, China has also installed a powerful radar atop a four-story building they have constructed at their occupied Subi Reef, which is only 12 nautical miles from Pag-Asa Island, seat of the municipal government of Kalayaan town in Palawan province.
Hilarious!
That is the ship that has been shooting and harassing Filipino fishermen within their EEZ since last year. Is there such thing as KARMA? Donnguan got what it was asking for. Should the Impeccable now be allowed to ply the waters next to China? What a bunch of hypocrites! This is 71 miles from Palawan and Impeccable was 80 miles away.
yup.. Now they have to stay there much longer….maybe drop some weapons and install some military camps.
Why such a fuss? US does a lot worse in Cuba. They did not violated Cuban territory, they even encroached at Guantanamo. They even put the world most dangerous terrorists there. At least they are trying to defend their claimed territory. Did the Impeccable try to defend US-claimed territory?
Your argument is screwed up Fred. Impeccable was harassed by Chinese coast guard aka fishing boats whereas the Dongguang was freely navigating the Palawan passage without harassment. Unfortunately they were using a Ming dynasty map that led them to get stuck in Half Moon shoal. But the true underlying reason why it is there is because they provide a shield in case their fishermen gets caught setting up traps in Balabac Strait trying to seize endangered sea turtles, traversing the passage because it is within the 12 mile limit of the Philippines. 14 was just recovered by Philippine Navy and those traps were set up by the Chinese fishermen who would ran cover to Half Moon Shoal when chased by the PH navy.
That is what you call highway sea robbery and Dongguang functions as a PIMP protecting its whores.
By the way, Cuba was part of the countries (Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico also) ceded by Spain to the US when they lost in the Spanish-American war which ended in 1898. Cuba was granted independence in 1899 but the US kept Guantanamo Bay. they did not force themselves there. They won the war so what is your beef?
[ They won the war so what is your beef? ]
so are you suggesting if A country WON the WAR, it is ok for it to keep what they want? correct? well, doesn’t that give people alot of idea! XD
I wonder whose view is screwed. The Impeccable was a military ship, unarmed perhaps, but then it’d make it an unarmed warship. Ridiculous, I know. So it would be in in the same position as the Chinese frigate, except, once again, the Chinese claimed the area, which made it de-facto their area according to them. If the Pilipino contested it, they can defend it, or die trying. Once again, did the Impeccable had claim to the area? Or do you think any navy can approach Pearl Harbor without being challenge by US Navy? No wonder the Japs got the Arizona so amateurly easy. The Japs ought to try again. Who knows they might get lucky and get a few Nimitzs.
You know, it’s a good idea, to think of it, why don’t you suggest to the Chinese to start a war, take over the whole Philippine, then give them independence but keep Palawan as their own. This way they can solve the problem, American way too.
It is ridiculous too to give excuse that the Filipino Navy was actually ‘protecting environment from the poachers’. Why were they so bias to ‘protect’ it only from Chinese poachers, while there are other notorious poachers as well, notably Taiwan, Japanese, indonesian and even Filipinos themselves.
They ought save their money to buy more seaworthy vessel to fight the Chinese. It is more dignified than to beg charity from US, only to be thrown some Hamilton cutter junks that US Coast Guard found to expensive to break apart. They don’t even fit to fight some sorry SE Asia pirates.
The ancient map they were following wasn’t that accurate. But hey that reef is populated now so they will draw 200 miles EEZ around it.
The Philippine military should accelerate the acquisition of military hardware so as not to
put us in a precarious position of not doing anything and only a whimper of protests can be registered against those encroaching our territory. Its very unfortunate our previous leaders have tolerated graft corruption in every levels of government agencies thus neglecting the
our military establishment. Let us not rely on the United states for they act only in their own interest. I used to work with them and i know very well their psychological profile.
So many butt hurt ppl commenting lol.
These are not butt hurt people but rather people who’s concern is the rampant poaching protected by this Dongguang Fartgate. They use the Half moon shoal or Hasahasa shoal as a transit point of their catches by setting up traps in the Balabac Strait capturing sea turtles which is a Chinese delicacy. BUNCH OF THIEVES!
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/37467/chinese-poachers-using-hasahasa-shoal-as-transit-point-for-ph-sea-turtles.
Now Dongguang have been KARMA-LIZED BY NATURE!