joshuatree
Captain
Ship #585 got the black block treatment. Post 1147 has a pic.
056 class FFL/corvette
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Ship #585 got the black block treatment. Post 1147 has a pic.
franco-russe
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It is rumoured that 32-36 056 will be built by about 2017. Starting with two in 2012, that would be about 5 a year.
timepass
Brigadier
This baby will be mass produced & general consensus on this forum is the numbers will go up to 50+.
Furthermore, up till now 6 confirmed launched have been reported with the following breakdown:
2 from HP
2 from HD
1 from WC
1 from LN
Plus 4 are currently under construction (2HP/1HD/1LN) for which we have seen pictures.
However, till now no confirmation yet for any other shipyards involvement.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
to be honest if they launched 6 in this year alone, which is really in the last 6 months they could launch a dozen a year by 2013 with no problems
lets say sake of argument they even manage to launch 8-10 per year in next 3 years thats 2016 they will still have over 35-40 of these
and the chances are they get faster as production continues so might even get there faster
lets say sake of argument they even manage to launch 8-10 per year in next 3 years thats 2016 they will still have over 35-40 of these
and the chances are they get faster as production continues so might even get there faster
joshuatree
Captain
Curious, what makes you think it's the one from Wuhan? Is it the background that gives it away? I think the ships built in HD also don't have numbers yet so I can't tell from the ships themselves.
Blackstone
Brigadier
Here ya go...another look here will not hurt...and it does look good.
Does the PLAN has a standard for hull numbering or do the local shipyards choose black vs white blocks? This back and forth suggest the lack of universal standard.
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