052/052B Class Destroyers

Re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

A.Man said:

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Any idea of the date of that pic?

I see what must be D4 in the hall to the left...but what is that in the other hall?

Looks like an AOR or some other large, wide beamed vessel...certainly does not look like a Type 055 to me.

Re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

Jeff Head said:

Any idea of the date of that pic?

I see what must be D4 in the hall to the left...but what is that in the other hall?

Looks like an AOR or some other large, wide beamed vessel...certainly does not look like a Type 055 to me.

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Photo date: 01/05/2014

There is no 055 at this point!

Re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

A.Man said:

Photo date: 01/05/2014

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Thanks!

A.Man said:

There is no 055 at this point!

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Agreed...at least not building. I am sure there is some type of developmental program for the next PLAN major surface combatant.

As to the Type 052D, this picture shows one coming along nicely in terms of modules outside the hall.



I expect we are going to see Type 052D construction for the next couple of years...and they are very decent vessels IMHO.

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There's a suggestion we might see 055 show up once the civilian vessel in hall 1 is out... Maybe later this year.

But then again, we've heard that story before.


I'm somewhat reminded of rumours of 052D. We're bound to get it right sooner or later

Meanwhile, hall 2 will continue to pump out 052Ds, launching about one hull every 7 months or so. 052D hulls 2, 3 (and soon 4) were all fabricated in hall 2, interestingly. Says a lot about how quickly they can work. I expect their commissioning rate will pick up after a few ships too.


Here are some of the latest photos of 052D 1
I'm too lazy to save and upload them individually heh

Re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

A.Man said:

052D update

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Nice to see D1 getting along. It'll be a hell of a day once we see 052Ds lining a naval base in a few neat rows like 054As or even 056s.


the hull of D5 means D4 must soon be ready for launch. Looks like they need to finish up the superstructure a little. A month or two of work, perhaps?


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But is that really C4 next to 052D 3? Wasn't C4 just commissioned as 151...

Re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

Bltizo said:

Here are some of the latest photos of 052D 1

I'm too lazy to save and upload them individually heh

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That's a GREAT pic and shows the work on the final outfitting of the sensors very nicely.

We knew sooner or later they would bring her back in and do this. She should be fully outfitted soon now.

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I suspect the hinged rod under the phase array panel is just part of system designed to enable the array to be serviced at sea if necessary. It would be analogous to the hinged frames on some sky scrappers intended for use by window maintenance.

Re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

chuck731 said:

I suspect the hinged rod under the phase array panel is just part of system designed to enable the array to be serviced at sea if necessary. It would be analogous to the hinged frames on some sky scrappers intended for use by window maintenance.

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doubt it. available close up views show it is some kind of electronic device.

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Wow great shots!!

Clearly we can see the bridge of D4 now in position something we did not see last time, also D5 is looking good and coming together nicely

So the mystery of the empty hall has been solved that looks like some sort of commercial vessal and not a warship

Why did they dedicated a advanced shipbuilding hall to build such a vessal? Why was it out of action for so long? Whatever the reason good to see activity of any sort in it as it was looking like it was just going to sit empty for ages

If that hall kept building DDG then by now we would have seen D7-8 by now, instead it's D5 so we are two DDG behind so to speak if you compare to C3-C6 and D1-D2 production rates

Now I think before Easter D4 will be launched and maybe they can get D5 launched by the end of this year so we will have 5 x Type 052D in the water by end of 2014 with modules of D6 appearing with possible D7 modules also appearing

Very nice set of DDG there to add to the already very capable 6 x Type 052C

That's a very good update thanks A. Man

Re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

JN will probably only launch D4 and D5 this year, but launch D6 very early next year.

However we might also see DL launch their first 052D this year as well before eventually revving up to a 2 hull per year launch rate. That would be a hell of a sight, four new DDGs launched a year!