054/A FFG Thread II

[lcloo]

Time flies fast. First 4 ships of type 054A have entered mid-age. 2 ships are 17 years old, the other 2 are 16 1/2 years old. Will be interesting to see if they will be upgraded to the latest batch spec with 100mm gun and modernised sensors.

 

[solongbd]

Time flies fast. First 4 ships of type 054A have entered mid-age. 2 ships are 17 years old, the other 2 are 16 1/2 years old. Will be interesting to see if they will be upgraded to the latest batch spec with 100mm gun and modernised sensors.

For all past mid-life refits of their destroyers and frigates, they retained the main guns configuration.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Latest Google Earth satellite photo of the Huangpu-Wenchong Shipyard, taken on 16 January this year.

Based on the imagery, 3x 054AG FFGs are fitting out, 1x 054-mod (Type 301) cutter is undergoing hull assembly, and hull modules belonging to at least one 054AG FFG or 054-mod (Type 301) cutter are currently being fabricated/assembled.

Posted by @somePLAOSINT on Twitter.



That means as of January 2025, there are at least 6x 054AG FFGs of the latest (5th) batch being constructed across Hudong-Zhonghua and Huangpu Wenchong Shipyards.