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No. 361 was part of the 12th Brigade of the North Sea (Bo Hei) Fleet of the PLAN based at L??shunkou|Lu Shun (formerly Port Arthur) in the Liao Ning Province. The loss of the crew of submarine No. 361 is the worst declared peacetime military disaster in the history of communist China. The Ming class of Chinese submarines are an adaptation of the diesel/electric Romeo class submarine built in the Soviet Union, which are based on the Germany|German Type-21 U-boat of World War II. The Central Military Commission ordered the building of the Ming class submarines in 1967 as Project 035. The construction of the first began during October, 1969 at Wuhan Shipyard. The last boat was built in 2002. A total of 20 boats were built, of which 17 are left, and most serve in the North Sea Fleet. No. 361 serving the East Sea Fleet was the thirteenth and was built in 1995 making it one of the newest in the fleet. CNN reports that China is increasing training and exercises of its submarines in the east to carry out a policy of "sea denial" to try counter the powerful U.S. Pacific fleet http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/05/02/china.submarine. The location of the incident (see below), the Bo Hei Sea is very strategic for China. It is the closest sea outlet to Beijing, and one of the busiest sea routes in the world. image:Bohai Sea.gif|350px|left|Bo Hei Sea According to the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua the submarine was taking part in exercises east of Neichangshan islands in the Bo Hei Sea (??????) of Northeastern China. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-07/02/content_936853.htm. On April 16, 2003, all 70 crew members of the submarine were killed when the diesel engine failed to shut down when the boat submerged and used up all the oxygen in the boat. According to Xinhua on May 2, 2003, the crippled boat was discovered by Chinese fishermen on April 25, 2003, when they noticed the periscope sticking out. The submarine was then towed initially to Yulin on Hainan Island, and later towed back to the northeast seaport of Dalian. The submarine was drifting for ten days because it was on a silent, no-contact drill. A number of issues arose with this incident:
CMC Vice-chairman Guo Boxiong led an enquiry into the incident, which resulted in the dismissal of four senior PLAN officers, Navy Commander Shi Yunsheng, Political Commissar Yang Huaiqing, North Sea Fleet Commander Ding Yiping, and North Sea (Bei Hai) Fleet Political Commissar Chen Xianfeng on June 13, 2003. The official verdict was improper ???command and control???.
The submarine has six torpedo tubes at the bow, two at the stern, and two propellers. It was designed by No. 701 Institute as the first Chinese-designed submarine class. External links
Category:Submarines of China Category:Chinese submarine accidents This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Chinese submarine 361".
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