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 Kamewaewaterjet propulsors[7]
Speed	40knots (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 xYJ-83anti-ship missiles[7] 1 x FLS-1MANPADS launcher 1 × 30 mmAK-630CIWS[7]

TheType 022 (NATO designation:Houbei class) is a class ofChinesecatamaranmissile boat. It entered service with thePeople's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in 2004.

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

In the 1980s, Chinese naval strategy shifted from coastal to offshore operations ("near-seas active defense"). By the late-1990s, the PLAN wantedfast attack craft with greater range andseakeeping. The Type 022 was likely a response to the requirement. In the early-2000s, China made an abortive attempt to purchaseTarantul-class corvettes fromRussia.^[1]

The Type 022 is based on AMD Marine Consulting's AMD 350catamaran hull and developed further by Seabus International inGuangzhou; Seabus was a joint venture between AMD andChina State Shipbuilding Corporation's Guangzhou Marine Engineering Corporation.^[9][10]

The prototype launched from Qiuxin Shipyard inShanghai in April 2004. Production occurred from at least six shipyards^[7] before ending in 2009.^[5]

In October 2025,Janes reported thatIndonesia planned to acquire the Type 022.^[11]

The Type 022 has awave-piercing catamaran hull^[9][10] made ofaluminium.^[9][12] The hull is reportedly manufactured usingfriction stir welding.^[13]Radar cross section-reduction features are incorporated,^[14][7] including a stealthy turret for the AK-630.^[10]

The boat only hasline of sight sensors. Longer-range fire in coordination with other units is enabled bytactical data links.^[14][15]

According to a 2014 report from theU.S. Naval War College's China Maritime Studies Institute, the boat's speed and aluminium hull makes it difficult to attack withtorpedoes with magnetic detonators.^[16]

Later boats received a FLS-1 launcher onbridge forQWman-portablesurface-to-air missile.^[10]

Type 022s in the PLAN typically deploy insquadrons of eight.^[17] During exercises, they have fired coordinated missile salvoes using third-party targeting data. Their missions may includecoastal defense,ISR, and supporting offensive operations outside territorial waters.^[15]

• Hamina-classmissile boat
• Kuang Hua VI-class missile boat
• Skjold-classcorvette

• International Institute for Strategic Studies (2025).The Military Balance 2025. London: Routledge.ISBN 978-1-041-04967-8.
• Murray, William S. (2014). "Underwater TELs and China's Antisubmarine Warfare".China's Near Seas Combat Capabilities. CMSI Red Book. Vol. 11. China Maritime Studies Institute.ISBN 978-1-935352-16-7.
• Patch, John (2014). "Chinese Houbei Fast Attack Craft".China's Near Seas Combat Capabilities. CMSI Red Book. Vol. 11. China Maritime Studies Institute.ISBN 978-1-935352-16-7.
• Walton, Timothy A.; McGrath, Bryan (2014). "China's Surface Fleet Trajectory".China's Near Seas Combat Capabilities. CMSI Red Book. Vol. 11. China Maritime Studies Institute.ISBN 978-1-935352-16-7.
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• Missile boats of the People's Liberation Army Navy
• Missile boat classes
• Catamarans
• Military catamarans

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