Haishi class submarine

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Class overview
Builders: Xinbu Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Operators: Naval flag of Jeuna Jeunese Navy
Succeeded by: Haita class submarine
Built: 1962–1978
In service: 1965–1981
Completed: 30
Retired: 29
Preserved: 1
General characteristics
Class and type: Haishi class submarine
Type: Ballistic missile submarine
Propulsion: 1 PWR nuclear reactor
1× 280 hp auxiliary motor
1 shaft
Range: unlimited except by food supplies

The Haishi class submarines (Chinese: 海獅; pinyin: Hǎishī; "sea lion") were a class of submarines designed to offer strategic delivery of ballistic missiles. They have since been succeeded by the Haita class.

One boat, the JNS Henzheng (612), is on display at the Jeunese Naval History Museum in Zhudao.