054/A FFG Thread II

[A.Man]

this is the 8th 054A from HP shipyard.

Thx, I was 误笔。

 

[Geographer]

I see this 054A uses the new pennant style of white with a shadow, instead of the old style of solid black.

 

[Geographer]

double post

 

[MwRYum]

I see this 054A uses the new pennant style of white with a shadow, instead of the old style of solid black.

Good, and just when I wonder when they'd impliment the new scheme, when it has been ordered to roll out fleet wide from Jan 1st onwards.

 

[A.Man]

This is going to be standard:

A smaller ship also received a new paint job (another 20 years?)

 

[Jeff Head]

This is going to be standard:

I wonder how quickly they will go back and repaint the vessels still having the old style? Probably at their next schedule maintenance or yard period.

 

[steve_rolfe]

Yes, i agree...the new style pennant numbers look a lot better..........the old big black numbers looked like they were transfers that had been applied, just like on models!

 

[asif iqbal]

Ok things getting interesting with the Type 054A production, if that is indeed unit 18 that means 5 Flotillas will be completed with 4 units each if we add in the 525 and 526

Now I don't think the two Type 054 will be retired any time soon and unless they have found a export customer they will continue to serve PLAN

So now the question is, will we see a 19th unit? If we do the run will then likely go to 20 units of even 22 units, if it stops then we could see a Type 054B emerge this year, or it could simply be the the units 17 and 18 are in fact the new Type 054B

If a 6th Flotilla is established with 4 units of Type 054A/B I wonder who will get it, NSF might be the candidate

Looking even further, if PLAN establsihes 2 Flotillas of FFGs, 1 -2 Flotillas of DDGs and possible 1 Flotilla of Cruiser in each of its fleets then we are looking at 16-20 surface combatants in each fleet

That would mean in terms of overall tonnage each fleet of will have in excess of 150,000 tons of modern surface vessels in little over 20 years, that's almost half a million tons of warships which doesnt include carriers, amphibious ships of auxillarys

Simply one hell of a navy!!

 

[franco-russe]

You may still see 24 Type 054A.

And one Type 055A in each destroyer flotilla, too.

 

[Lion]

I wonder how quickly they will go back and repaint the vessels still having the old style? Probably at their next schedule maintenance or yard period.

It could be done out at sea along side the wharf. As demonstrated by CV LIAONING.