# Type 022 missile boat

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Ship class in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy

Drawing of Chinese Fast Attack Craft 2208 - Type-022 Houbei-Class Class overview Name Type 022 Builders Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai Operators People's Liberation Army Navy Preceded by Komar-class missile boat[1] Type 021 missile boat[1] Cost Estimates vary from $14.5 million[2] over $40 million[3] up to $50 million per boat[4] Built 2004–2009 In commission 2004–present Completed 60[5] Active 60 (approx.)[6] General characteristics Displacement 224 long tons (228 t) full load[7] Length 42.6 m (139 ft 9 in)[7] Beam 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)[7] Draught 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)[7] Decks 1 Propulsion 2 x diesel engines generating 6,865 hp (5,119 kW)[7] 4 x Kamewae waterjet propulsors[7] Speed 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)[7] Complement 12[7] Sensors & processing systems Type 348 (LR66) surface search radar[7] Navigation radar (I band)[7] Optronic director[7] Armament 8 x YJ-83 anti-ship missiles[7] 1 x FLS-1 MANPADS launcher 1 × 30 mm AK-630 CIWS[7]

The **Type 022** ([NATO designation](/source/NATO_reporting_name): ***Houbei* class**) is a class of [Chinese](/source/China) [catamaran](/source/Catamaran) [missile boat](/source/Missile_boat). It entered service with the [People's Liberation Army Navy](/source/People's_Liberation_Army_Navy) (PLAN) in 2004.

It is sometimes called the "Type 22".[8]

## Development

In the 1980s, Chinese naval strategy shifted from coastal to offshore operations ("near-seas active defense").[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] By the late-1990s, the PLAN wanted [fast attack craft](/source/Fast_attack_craft) with greater range and [seakeeping](/source/Seakeeping). The Type 022 was likely a response to the requirement. In the early-2000s, China made an abortive attempt to purchase [Tarantul-class corvettes](/source/Tarantul-class_corvette) from [Russia](/source/Russia).[1]

The Type 022 is based on AMD Marine Consulting's AMD 350 [catamaran](/source/Catamaran) hull and developed further by Seabus International in [Guangzhou](/source/Guangzhou); Seabus was a joint venture between AMD and [China State Shipbuilding Corporation](/source/China_State_Shipbuilding_Corporation)'s Guangzhou Marine Engineering Corporation.[9][10]

The prototype launched from Qiuxin Shipyard in [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai) in April 2004. Production occurred from at least six shipyards[7] before ending in 2009.[5]

In October 2025, [*Janes*](/source/Janes_Information_Services) reported that [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) planned to acquire the Type 022.[11]

## Design

Type 022s in [disruptive camouflage](/source/Disruptive_coloration).

The Type 022 has a [wave-piercing](/source/Wave-piercing_hull) catamaran hull[9][10] made of [aluminium](/source/Aluminium).[9][12] The hull is reportedly manufactured using [friction stir welding](/source/Friction_stir_welding).[13] [Radar cross section](/source/Radar_cross_section)-reduction features are incorporated,[14][7] including a stealthy turret for the AK-630.[10]

The boat only has [line of sight](/source/Line_of_sight) sensors. Longer-range fire in coordination with other units is enabled by [tactical data links](/source/Tactical_data_link).[14][15]

According to a 2014 report from the [U.S. Naval War College](/source/Naval_War_College)'s China Maritime Studies Institute, the boat's speed and aluminium hull makes it difficult to attack with [torpedoes](/source/Torpedo) with magnetic detonators.[16]

Later boats received a FLS-1 launcher on [bridge](/source/Bridge_(nautical)) for [QW](/source/QW_missile) [man-portable](/source/Man-portable_air-defense_system) [surface-to-air missile](/source/Surface-to-air_missile).[10]

## Operational history

Type 022s in the PLAN typically deploy in [squadrons](/source/Squadron_(naval)) of eight.[17] During exercises, they have fired coordinated missile salvoes using third-party targeting data. Their missions may include [coastal defense](/source/Coastal_defence_and_fortification), [ISR](/source/Intelligence%2C_surveillance%2C_target_acquisition%2C_and_reconnaissance), and supporting offensive operations outside territorial waters.[15]

In December 2025 it was reported that two Type 022s were modified by replacing their missile bins with a larger box-like structure.[18]

## See also

- [*Hamina*-class](/source/Hamina-class_missile_boat) [missile boat](/source/Missile_boat)

- [Kuang Hua VI-class missile boat](/source/Kuang_Hua_VI-class_missile_boat)

- [*Skjold*-class](/source/Skjold-class_corvette) [corvette](/source/Corvette)

## References

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-afcea_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-afcea_10-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-afcea_10-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-afcea_10-3) Bussert, James C. (1 December 2007). ["Catamarans Glide Through Chinese Waters"](https://www.afcea.org/signal-media/west-22/catamarans-glide-through-chinese-waters). *SIGNAL*. [AFCEA](/source/AFCEA). Retrieved 11 December 2025.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-FSW_13-0)** Delany, Fred; Kallee, Stephan W.; Russell, Mike J. (2007). ["Friction Stir Welding of Aluminium Ships"](https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/published-papers/friction-stir-welding-of-aluminium-ships-june-2007). *[The Welding Institute](/source/The_Welding_Institute)*. Retrieved 11 December 2025.

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8101 Type 8154 Type 792 naval trawlers Missile boats Type 22 Type 037-II Type 037-IG Type 021 Type 021 Type 021 C 14 Type 024 Torpedo boats Type 6625/025/026/026II/R704 Gunboats Type 062-I Type 062 Type 062 Type 206 Patrol boats Seagoing Type 026H Port security boat Huangpu class Reconnaissance patrol combatant Type 528 Type 865 Amphibious warfare vessels Landing helicopter dock or Landing helicopter assault Type 076* Type 075 Amphibious transport dock Type 071 Dock landing ship Type 072III Type 072A Landing ship helicopter Type 073-III Type 073A Landing ship tank Type 072-II Landing ship medium Type 271IIIA Type 073-I Type 073-II Type 073-IIY Type 074A Type 079-I Type 079-II Landing craft Landing craft tank Type 068/069 Type 067 Landing craft utility Type 271III Type 074 Air-cushioned landing craft Project 1232.2 Zubr class Type 726 Type 724 Type 722-II Type 722-I Type 716-II Mine warfare vessels Minelayers Type 918 Auxiliary minelayers Type 8154 Minehunters Type 081 Type 081A Type 082 Type 082II Minesweepers Type 010 Type 05 Minesweeping drone Type 529 Type 312 Auxiliary Minesweepers Type 801 Type 8105 Type 8101 Type 8154 Type 792 Auxiliary vessels Ammunition ships Ammunition ship Type 072 Ammunition ship, Missile/Rocket Yuan Wang 21 (operated by People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force) Yuan Wang 22 (operated by People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force) Buoy tenders Type 066/066K/066A Type 744/744A Type 067 utility landing craft Type 944 buoy tender Cable layers Type 067 utility landing craft Type 991I Type 991II Cargo ships Reefer ships Dongleng class Cargo ships Qiongsha class Retired landing ships/crafts Float-on/float- off ships Type 711 Zhen Hua 33 General stores issue ships Type 904 Type 904A Type 904B Roll-on/roll- off ships Bo Sea Pearl class Chang Da Long China Revival China Railway Bo Sea No.3 Container ships Converted/militarized container ships Self-propelled lighters/barges 500 cubic meter Dongbo 22 PLA Navy landing barges Crane ship Beiqi 384 class Unidentified class: Nan-Qi 746 Degaussing / deperming ships Type 911 Dazar class Type 912/912I/912III/Type 912IIIA Yanbai class Type 912IIIAH Yanci class Dive tenders Longma class Type 904I/904II Yanqian class Dredgers 8-m3 class Beijun 204 class Dongjun 417 class Dongjun 433 class Dongjun 434 class Nanjun 610 class Dredgers of unknown class/type: Bei-Jun 271, 273, 274, 277 & 278 Engineering ships Engineering ships of unknown class/type: Bei-Gong 275 & 276 Environmental research ships Dulaji class Fleet Replenishment ship Type 901 Fuyu class Type 903 Fuchi I class Type 903A Fuchi II class Type 908 Fusu class Floating pile drivers 36-m class floating pile driver Donggong 429 class Nangong 681 class General purpose research ships Dubei class Kandao class Kantan class AGTR/AGE Type 904I & Type 904II Yanqian class Type 906 Xiang Yang Hong 9 class Harbor utility craft Converted from various retired gunboats such as Type 53 and Type 55A Hospital ships Hospital ships Type 919 Anshen class Type 920 Anwei class Medical evacuation ships Zhuanghe Ambulance transports Qiongsha class Ambulance crafts Ankang class Hydrographic survey ships Type 55 Shantou class Type 068/069 (Yuch'in class) Type 635 A/B/C & Type 635II Yanlai class Type 636A Shupang class Type 639A Shupang class Type 646 Kanyang class Type 8101 Type 8105/Type 8154/Type 792 FT-14 AIT class Yanjiu class Icebreakers Type 272 Museum ships PLANS Heroic Gunboat in the Toumenshan Naval Battle PLANS Liberation Minquan-class gunboat (replica) Project 183 P-6-class torpedo boat Type 021 missile boat Type 024 missile boat Type 031 ballistic submarine Type 033 submarine Type 051 destroyer Type 053K frigate Type 091 submarine Type 6607 destroyer Oceanographic research ships Type 639A Shupang class Type 645 Zhang Jian Oceanographic surveillance ships Ruili No. 10 Type 927 Dongjian class Type 988 Personnel transport Barracks ships Daguan class Dispatch boat Duchuan class Dufei class Dukou class Duludao class Dumujiu class Dusso class Duzhou class Nanjiao 90 class Transport ships Type 081 Red Flag class Darong class Troopships Daguan class Darong class AP/APT Qiongsha class Range support & target ships Dachou class Dubei class Type 811 Type 917 Damen class Decommissioned ships Repair ships Repair dry docks 120t class Dongxiu 912 Hua Chuan No. 1 class Repair ships Type 648 Dadao class Rescue and salvage ships Heavy-lift ship Type 633 Rescue ships Datuo class Haijiu 101 class Longma class YDT/ARS Type 917 Dasan class Salvage ships Type 922II Dalang class Type 922III Dalang II class Type 922IIIA Dalang III class Spy ships Type 814A Dadie class Type 815 Dongdiao I class Type 815G/Type 815A Dongdiao II class Type 8105/Type 8154/Type 792 FT-14 AIT class Submarine support ships Submarine rescue ships (ASR) Type 930 Hudong class Type 946 Dazhou class Type 946A Dadong class Submarine tenders Type 925 Dajiang class Type 926 Dalao class Submersibles Deep-submergence rescue vehicle Type 7103 DSRV LR7 Deep-submergence vehicle Harmony class Jiaolong class Rainbowfish class Sea Pole class Struggler class Other Submersibles Osprey-class submersible Mobile diving bell QSZ-II submersible Diver propulsion vehicles QX-50 QY-18 QY-40 QJY-001 Tankers Replenishment tanker Hua Chuan Transport oiler Fubai class Fujian class Fushi class Type 620 Shengli class Type 631 Fuchang class Type 637 Fuxiao class Water tanker Fujian class Fushi class Jinyou class Nanshui 701 class Type 637 Fuxiao class Type 645 Guangzhou class Technological research ships Sonar trials ships Kantan class Technical research ships Mirage Hunter Unclassified Miscellaneous Submarine Chinese sailless submarine Torpedo trials craft Torpedo retrievers Dachou class Type 803 Type 917 Damen class Torpedo trials ships Type 906 Xiang Yang Hong 9 class Type 907A Tracking ship Type 830 Yuanwang class Training ships Training ship Daguan class Type 680 Dadu class Shichang Zheng He Training ship, sail Type 2630 Onshore stationary training facilities Type 033 (Romeo class) Type 051/051Z Type 053H1Q Type 6607 (Anshan class) Tugs Harbor tug Beituo 617 class Beituo 699 class Beituo 702 class Beituo 715 class Large harbor tug Ducha class Duda class Duhast class Dupo class Rescue Tug Bei-Tuo 739 class Datuo class Dong-Tuo 835 class Haixiu 121 class Daozha class Type 830 Sea-going Tug Type 802 Gromovoy class Type 837 Hujiu class Type 852 Roslavl class Tugs of unknown class/type Bei-Tuo 153, 651, 704, 728, Dong-Tuo 845, 861, Nan-Tuo 142, 163, 168, 176, 187, 188 UAV motherships Fighting Shark No.1 Unmanned surface vehicles (USV) CASIC USVs Chinese Sea Hunter Sky Journey 1 HUST USVs JARI USV JUST USV Ostar USVs PWT USV Shanghai University USV Type 80 demolition boat VVLAI USV WSST USVs Yunzhou USVs Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) CR series Explorer series HSU-001 Intelligent Water class JUST AUVs Micro Dragon Series Orange Shark series Ostar AUVs Poseidon series Robosea AUVs Sea Clever Sea Whale series Submerged Dragon series THLMT AUVs Wukong WZODA XTDT Benthic landers CAS series Rainbowfish series Bottom crawlers Aquadrobotman series CSSC series Deepinfar series JUST series Robosea series SBSS series Sea Crab Sea Star THLMT unmanned vehicles#Underwater series VVLAI series Hybrid UUVs (Autonomous remotely -operated vehicles, ARVs) 7B8 Arctic series Hadal Hadal 1 Rainbowfish ARV Remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) 8A4 8H4 Aquarobotman ROUV Deepinfar ROUVs Discovery Dragon Emperor Dragon Pearl Goldfish series JH-01 (Jiao-Hai 01) JTD-01 Deep Eel I JTML-02 JTMP series JTR series JUST ROUVs Max ROV Oceanxer ROUVs Ostar ROUVs PWT ROUV RECON-IV ROUV Robosea ROUVs SBSS ROUVs Sea Dragon series Sea Person (Hai-Ren/HR) series Sea Pole Sea Star 6000 Sea Submergence series SJT series ST-6000 THLMT ROUVs VVLAI ROUVs Walrus 1500 Weapon trials ships Type 909 Wuhu-B class Type 909A Dahua class Type 910 Dahua-II class * = Under construction or procurement or sea trials

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