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More than 50 corvettes Type 056 in 6 years
42, then gradually increased to 64, this is the number of corvettes Type 056 ordered by the Chinese Navy so far. If the final figure is still not stopped today, the bar of 50 hulls in the water has already been crossed at the beginning of August.
Admittedly, it is simply a "small" corvette of 1340 tons in load and not so heavily armed as can be seen elsewhere in other parts of the world, where corvettes are sometimes considered a ship for some countries, but the Type 056 is undoubtedly a tailor-made vector for China, which tries to reconcile both the operational needs to protect its coasts and defend its maritime interests, the low operating cost , and the harmonization of its fleets around 4 trips 1,000, 4,000, 6,000 and 12,000 tons.
It was then with a steady pace, just over 8 hulls launched per year on average, that the four Chinese shipyards participating in the program launched the fifty or so class ships, and in space 6 years since the leading ship was launched on May 23, 2012 - The latest in date, the 15ᵉ building built in Guangzhou Huangpu in the south, followed by the 10th in Wuhan in central China.
If the account is good - knowing that official communications are scarce these days and therefore the monitoring has become increasingly difficult - we are at the 51ᵉ and 52ᵉ corvettes of the class but it remains to reconfirm.
And admitting that the Chinese shipyards keep the same pace to assemble and arrange the Type 056, that is to say that the construction should end in a year or a year and a half, ie towards the end of 2019, to put the total number of vessels in the current order book.
With a unit purchase price of between 85 and 90 million euros depending on the versions and a sufficiently large number, the Type 056 program is one of many examples illustrating the desire and ambition of the China to (re) become a hybrid power, both continental and oceanic.
Huangpu shipyard in Guangzhou launched its 15th Corvette Type 056 last week (Photo: 旅 洋 lll)
The 10th Type 056 built at the Wuchang shipyard in central China
Since January 1, 2018, the Chinese naval industry has already launched no less than 19 new surface ships for the Chinese navy, 3 more than last year while there are still 4 and a half months before end of year.
But looking at tonnage, these 19 ships this year represent only about 57% in terms of the displacement of the 16 vessels launched in 2017, largely because there are had last year an aircraft carrier, a tanker of more than 40,000 tons and a landing ship of more than 20,000 tons, while this year, apart from the 3 destroyers Type 055 of 12,000 tons, the others are only smaller size vessels, the 8 Type 056. Of course, a synthesis will be made by the end of the year to confirm or not this trend.
More than 50 corvettes Type 056 in 6 years
42, then gradually increased to 64, this is the number of corvettes Type 056 ordered by the Chinese Navy so far. If the final figure is still not stopped today, the bar of 50 hulls in the water has already been crossed at the beginning of August.
Admittedly, it is simply a "small" corvette of 1340 tons in load and not so heavily armed as can be seen elsewhere in other parts of the world, where corvettes are sometimes considered a ship for some countries, but the Type 056 is undoubtedly a tailor-made vector for China, which tries to reconcile both the operational needs to protect its coasts and defend its maritime interests, the low operating cost , and the harmonization of its fleets around 4 trips 1,000, 4,000, 6,000 and 12,000 tons.
It was then with a steady pace, just over 8 hulls launched per year on average, that the four Chinese shipyards participating in the program launched the fifty or so class ships, and in space 6 years since the leading ship was launched on May 23, 2012 - The latest in date, the 15ᵉ building built in Guangzhou Huangpu in the south, followed by the 10th in Wuhan in central China.
If the account is good - knowing that official communications are scarce these days and therefore the monitoring has become increasingly difficult - we are at the 51ᵉ and 52ᵉ corvettes of the class but it remains to reconfirm.
And admitting that the Chinese shipyards keep the same pace to assemble and arrange the Type 056, that is to say that the construction should end in a year or a year and a half, ie towards the end of 2019, to put the total number of vessels in the current order book.
With a unit purchase price of between 85 and 90 million euros depending on the versions and a sufficiently large number, the Type 056 program is one of many examples illustrating the desire and ambition of the China to (re) become a hybrid power, both continental and oceanic.
Huangpu shipyard in Guangzhou launched its 15th Corvette Type 056 last week (Photo: 旅 洋 lll)
The 10th Type 056 built at the Wuchang shipyard in central China
Since January 1, 2018, the Chinese naval industry has already launched no less than 19 new surface ships for the Chinese navy, 3 more than last year while there are still 4 and a half months before end of year.
But looking at tonnage, these 19 ships this year represent only about 57% in terms of the displacement of the 16 vessels launched in 2017, largely because there are had last year an aircraft carrier, a tanker of more than 40,000 tons and a landing ship of more than 20,000 tons, while this year, apart from the 3 destroyers Type 055 of 12,000 tons, the others are only smaller size vessels, the 8 Type 056. Of course, a synthesis will be made by the end of the year to confirm or not this trend.
