Nope, that's about right it seems.
The Chinese language wikipedia page has a good rundown of all the 056s which have been launched thus far, as well as their variant (scroll to the bottom half of the page for the large table)
056 class FFL/corvette
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Nope, that's about right it seems.
The Chinese language wikipedia page has a good rundown of all the 056s which have been launched thus far, as well as their variant (scroll to the bottom half of the page for the large table)
steve_rolfe
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I just knew some member here would question my post.
The answer is in the writing, i.e i said 32nd launched not commissioned.
.........as 'Blitzo' says, the Chinese version of WIKI is a very good reference, to clarify the status of the Chinese Naval shipbuilding status.
The answer is in the writing, i.e i said 32nd launched not commissioned.
.........as 'Blitzo' says, the Chinese version of WIKI is a very good reference, to clarify the status of the Chinese Naval shipbuilding status.
Thornblade
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This 503 is named after Suzhou (宿州), a medium sized city (in Chinese terms, around 6 million population is medium...) situated in the northern part of Anhui province; historically its location was quite strategic.
And it is not the famous and ancient city of Suzhou (苏州）, a city with 10.6 million population that sits next to Shanghai, which I think you are talking about.
However their names written in Roman alphabetic representations are the same if tones are omitted, which can lead to confusion sometimes.
Here's my latest English Language EXCEL Spread Sheet for the Type 056:
...and here's the jpg:
They have launched 32 in four years...eight per year. Now have ten of the ASW Variant.
I wonder how many they will actually build.
Actualy sure 40 : 10 Sqns planned 3 NSF, 3 ESF, 4 SSF each have normaly 4 x 056 actualy replace 037 Serie, Hainan, Haiqing etc...
After almost sure more clearly coz i see others equiped, normaly reliable but with China impossible to be sure... and especialy some with Houxin Corvettes replaced, 6 Sqns : 3 NSF, 2 ESF, 1 SSF i have right now.
Then 16 x 4 : 64
After almost sure more clearly coz i see others equiped, normaly reliable but with China impossible to be sure... and especialy some with Houxin Corvettes replaced, 6 Sqns : 3 NSF, 2 ESF, 1 SSF i have right now.
Then 16 x 4 : 64
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antiterror13
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64 ships of 056x! .... just wowww. PLAN must be very happy with the ship
Who woulnd?
They seem to be good ships in price/punch rate.
I prefer these as my own nations Holland class OPVs wich are bigger slower and actually no armament except a 76mm and 30mm...
They are also good looking and they can poop them out in a few moments.
I hope they even build more. Would be nice to see packs of 3 sailing about for coastal defence.
Maybe some larger aaw missiles in a medium range vls pack.
They seem to be good ships in price/punch rate.
I prefer these as my own nations Holland class OPVs wich are bigger slower and actually no armament except a 76mm and 30mm...
They are also good looking and they can poop them out in a few moments.
I hope they even build more. Would be nice to see packs of 3 sailing about for coastal defence.
Maybe some larger aaw missiles in a medium range vls pack.
I believe they may build over 64 of these.
They are definitely replacing the old Type 037 corvettes and even the older Type 062I Haizhui-class sub chasers. Altogether, the Chinese had something like 150 of these two types built.
Now, the Type 056 is much more capable so I would not expect a one for one replacement...but I can still see 80 of these vessels being built.
We shall see.
China has a long coastline and a lot of area in the SCS that these vessels can help patrol and cover.
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