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Interesting no more basic type is being built From now on all of them anti Sub variant
At the time the US Navy admitted its 65th Alerigh Burke destroyer into service, a new Chinese anti-submarine corvette
Type 056A was also launched this week in Shanghai.
The float took place on Wednesday, July 26 in the afternoon, as provided for
.
This is the 14th building of the
Type 056 family built by the Hudong shipyard since 2012, and also the 9th variant ASW assembled locally.
The Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai launches its 14th Corvette Type 056 this Wednesday, July 26 (Photos: HSH 热血 老年)
This new example of Type 056A, like its 21 sisterships, measures 88.9 meters long, 11.14 meters wide at the beam, and moves 1,340 tons full load. Its CODAD propulsion system allows the ship to sail beyond 25 knots, with an economic autonomy of 2,000 nautical miles.
It should be noted that since December 2015, no basic version Type 056 has been released from the four shipyards involved in the construction of the program. Now all the new hulls launched are anti-submarine version, equipped with dedicated combat suite and towed sonar.
Type 056 Type 056A C13B for export To be determined
Hudong Shipyard
(Shanghai) 5 9
Shipyard Huangpu
(Guangzhou) 5 7
Shipyard Wuchang
(Wuhan) 5 4 2
Shipyard Liaonan
(Dalian) 6 1 1
It is still uncertain today if this new building launched Wednesday is the 42nd or 43rd of the class. Indeed, the 37th specimen, built at the Liaonan shipyard in northern China, would have been launched twice, and would therefore have distorted the account.
However, our follow-up shows that in the space of five years, the Chinese navy has already produced about forty Corvette Type 056 and Type 056A, which released a number of first-line frigates , Sometimes assigned to "low-cost" missions such as the protection of the EEZ of the country, for other missions on the high seas.
Construction monitoring of Type 056 / Type 056A (Image: East Pendulum)
Finally, it is also the 12th new warships launched in 2017 for the Chinese Navy, which continues to renew its fleets and expand its capabilities in an omni-directional manner with a firm and controlled rhythm.
Class N ° Series N ° Hull Name Category Tonnage Date of launch
Type 056A 41 or 42 ASW Corvette 1,340 2017-01-27
Type 815A 6 SIGINT 6,000 2017-02-14
Type 054A 26 Anyang Frigate 4,053 2017-03-28
Type 636A 9 Haiyang 29 Hydrographic building 6,000 2017-03-30
Type 054A 27 Frigate 4,053 2017-04-01
Type 001A 1 Aircraft carrier 60,000 2017-04-26
Type 901 2 Oil tanker 45,000 2017-05-06
Type 071 5 LPD 25,000 2017-06-15
Unknown 1 Acoustic Measurement 5,000 2017-06-25
Type 052D 13 destroyer 6,800 2017-06-26
Type 055 1 destroyer 12,000 2017-06-28
Type 056A 42 or 43 ASW Corvette 1,340 2017-07-26
Henri K.