Bangladesh Navy's BNS Shadhinota class corvette (type 056 corvette C-13B) was built by Wuchang Shipyard. Bangladesh Navy placed additional two order which may be built by Wuchang Shipyard again. A total 8 ships of this class will be built. Is there any photos of Wuchang Shipyard building type 056 corvette?
056 class FFL/corvette
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Other than the changes made to make the Type 056A more ASW centric, there is really no need to make them more capable.
They were designed to do littoral patrols and are armed very well for the ships that they are replacing.
I believe they will continue production.
So far they have something on the order of 40 units commissioned since March of 2015, and that is a very fast build/commission rate of 13 or so per year in four yards
... and I believe we should expect perhaps 60-80 before all is said and done.
We shall see...but they are very good vessels, and very capable outfitted for a 1,500 ton corvette or light forgate.
Other photos I have is this, right next to the Nigerian P18N corvette.
This side shot of the P18N shows this may have no problem holding 2 quad ASM launchers. Was this a design previously offered to the PLAN?
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True, though I am expecting that China will duly upgrade these vessels with improved radars and weaponry for the subsequent models. They may not reach the The Steregushchiy class level of firepower, but that is a level that the PLAN should look to as the golden standard for corvette design.
Dude, 056 are meant to be patrol vessels. If they have to fight on their own, the war is already lost
asif iqbal
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That’s because Russia can’t afford to build the heavy units anymore so they pack everything into small warship
Bit like the Israeli Saar 5
Over loaded with weapons can’t do anything particularly well
Chinese has a full family of surface units covering full spectrum
Type 056, 054A, Type 052C/D and Type 055
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True, but just because the Russian's can't afford to build bigger ships atm ss means that their current ships are not worth looking.
It is not too hard to imagine a hypothetical war on China's periphery, unthinkable yes but not impossible with all the current tensions going on. In those scenarios, a upgraded Type 56a can do more than just being a patrol vessel, such as a mobile land strike platform, freeing up larger vessels for more pressing matters. It would be a monumental task for an enemy force seeking to destroy such vessels hiding in China's shore line lobbing cruise and anti ship missiles.
Another factor to consider is future forward deployments, it is all but certain that China would be expected to deploy a forward military force in outposts like Gwadar and Djibouti. As such a cheap corvette that packs a sizable punch is a good choice for a force multiplier without having to deploy larger and more costly ships unless absolutely necessary. One only needs to look at the US navy to see how it is struggling to keep up with its commitments when it only can deploy full size combatants all the time.
And finally ,there is the simple reason of ''keeping up with the Joneses'', a little banal yes but it makes sense. In the near future, China can expect its neighbours to deploy UAVs for maritime patrol and warfare, such drones are cheap, stealthy and can pack a deadly punch if need. As such, the Type 56a will need to be prepared to face such threats on a regular basis as it would be the go to vessel for China for day to day interception and such. In these scenarios, the Type 360 radar and the 8 cell HHQ-10 will not cut it anymore.
The 56a is the ship of today, but it certainty is not the ship of tomorrow.
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you are talking of Frigate now .... and 056/A is not a frigate! .. only 1,500 tons, way below Steregushchiy and probably cost less than 1/3
China has enough Frigates and DDG to carry out mission you mentioned above ... it is obviously not for 056/A
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What a ship can or cannot do does not necessary depends on its weight and class. And perhaps the most dangerous thing to assume is that one has enough of a certain class of ships for a particular job. One must remember that the Type 54A frigate still uses a older model radar that while is still capable is really starting to show its age, whilst there is currently only a handful of the current destroyers are capable of area fleet defense. And even fewer of them are capable of land strike missions, and certainly none of the current frigates can do so as well. In the event of a war (especially one that occurs near China's borders), the majority of the principal surface combatants will be expected to conduct defensive fleet air defense for the carriers and the like, leaving precious few vessels in the strike configuration.
Even if the Type 56a is not called upon to conduct cruise missile strikes, it can most certainly be expected to conduct day-to-day littoral patrols and showing the flag ops due to their cheap operating costs, which in light of ever more capable submarines and the propagation of cheap UAVs means that at the very least the Type 56a needs an upgrade to its sensors and self-defense weapons to remain relevant.
Plus a U VLS will greatly enhance the Type 56a's capability for ASW warfare as well with ASROC missiles.
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