Chinese Navy (PLAN) News & Discussions

[lcloo]

Current Status of PLAN Frigates

59 frigates of 3 major types, 32 ships from type 054A/054, 10 ships from type 054H3, and 17 ships (including 3 non-active training ship) from the type 053H2/053H1G/053H1Q/053.

Eleven of the type 053H2/053H1Q/053 have exceed the 30 years service period and are due to be retired.

Six of the type 053H1G will be due for decommission in 4 to 6 years.

If PLAN is going for a one for one replacement, there will be another 17 new frigates to be built in next 5-6 years. We shall see if the new replacement are to be a new frigate design like type 054B or the rumoured type 057. Or there is even a possibility that they will be replaced by a new variant of type 056, may be one with larger displacement.

Breakdown:-
a) Type 054A - all 30 ships planned and commissioned.
b) Type 054 - 2 ships commissioned in 2005, at present one is under major refit, likely a mid-life upgrade MLU.
c) Type 053H3 - 10 ships commissioned from 1998 to 2005, service period ranged from 14 to 21 years. Some ships have completed MLU refit, not sure if all 10 ships have completed MLU.
d) Type 053H2 - 1 ship FFG 537 commissioned in 1990, 29 years in service.
e) Type 053H1G - 6 ships. Commissioned in 1993, 1994 and 1995, have been in service from 24 to 26 years.
f) Type 053 - 6 ships, pennant # 533, 534, 543, 545, 553 and 555. Commissioned from 1982 to 1987. Service period from 32 to 37 years.
g) Type 053 - 2 ships #517 and #519, non-active but still under navy service as navy academy training ship.
h) Type 053H1Q - 1 ship #544, commissioned in 1985, non-active, serving as navy academy training ship.
I) Type 053 - 1 ship #516, commissioned in 1975, served for 44 years. Modified heavily to carry 122mm rockets as shore bombardment ship. Rumoured as already retired but there is no official statement.

 

[LKJ86]

Current Status of PLAN Frigates

59 frigates of 3 major types, 32 ships from type 054A/054, 10 ships from type 054H3, and 17 ships (including 3 non-active training ship) from the type 053H2/053H1G/053H1Q/053.

Eleven of the type 053H2/053H1Q/053 have exceed the 30 years service period and are due to be retired.

Six of the type 053H1G will be due for decommission in 4 to 6 years.

If PLAN is going for a one for one replacement, there will be another 17 new frigates to be built in next 5-6 years. We shall see if the new replacement are to be a new frigate design like type 054B or the rumoured type 057. Or there is even a possibility that they will be replaced by a new variant of type 056, may be one with larger displacement.

Breakdown:-
a) Type 054A - all 30 ships planned and commissioned.
b) Type 054 - 2 ships commissioned in 2005, at present one is under major refit, likely a mid-life upgrade MLU.
c) Type 053H3 - 10 ships commissioned from 1998 to 2005, service period ranged from 14 to 21 years. Some ships have completed MLU refit, not sure if all 10 ships have completed MLU.
d) Type 053H2 - 1 ship FFG 537 commissioned in 1990, 29 years in service.
e) Type 053H1G - 6 ships. Commissioned in 1993, 1994 and 1995, have been in service from 24 to 26 years.
f) Type 053 - 6 ships, pennant # 533, 534, 543, 545, 553 and 555. Commissioned from 1982 to 1987. Service period from 32 to 37 years.
g) Type 053 - 2 ships #517 and #519, non-active but still under navy service as navy academy training ship.
h) Type 053H1Q - 1 ship #544, commissioned in 1985, non-active, serving as navy academy training ship.
I) Type 053 - 1 ship #516, commissioned in 1975, served for 44 years. Modified heavily to carry 122mm rockets as shore bombardment ship. Rumoured as already retired but there is no official statement.

 

[samsara]

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You need to give the color legend info for that table to have meaning.

 

[lcloo]

Two old type 051 destroyers retires, DDG 134 and DDG 164. Now only two type 051 destroyers are in active service, DDG 165 and DDG 166. The change of blood is almost completed.

109 and 110 remain in service but with non-active role of training ship for navy academy.

 

[samsara]

Usually what happen to these kinds of ships when they are retired?

Will these ships still be turned into some other naval or maritime uses, or will they simply be disassembled into recycling purpose?

 

[lcloo]

Usually what happen to these kinds of ships when they are retired?

Will these ships still be turned into some other naval or maritime uses, or will they simply be disassembled into recycling purpose?

A few of them (106, 132 and 133) were turned over to navy universities and colleges to be used as hardware for teaching purposes, a few (161 and others) were used as target ships, 105 was turned over to Qingdao navy museum as exhibit and one ex-PLANS Yinchuan 107 was acquired by Yinchuan city council for exhibit purpose.

 

[LKJ86]

Type 052D destroyer and Type 054A frigate enter service with PLAN
Andrew Tate, London - Jane's Defence Weekly
05 March 2019

Photographs circulating on Chinese social media indicate that a Type 052D (Luyang III-class) destroyer (pennant number 119) and a Type 054A (Jiangkai II-class) frigate (pennant number 542) were commissioned in late February.

Accompanying comments said the ships were named Guiyang and Zaozhuang, respectively, and state that they entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) North Sea Fleet on 22 February.

The Type 052D destroyers displace over 7,000 tonnes and are 157 m in length. Sixty-four vertical launch tubes, which can fire HHQ-9 surface-to-air missiles and the anti-ship variant of the YJ-18A long-range cruise missile, are installed in two grids: forward and midships.

The lead shipyard for building the Type 052D is Jiangnan Changxingdao, where the first of class was launched in August 2012. However, Guiyang - the eighth Type 052D to be launched overall - was the first to be built by the Dalian Shipbuilding International Company (DSIC). The vessel first entered the water in November 2015, with two further Type 052Ds launched by DSIC in August 2016 and June 2017.

Unconfirmed reports state that the 17th overall Type 052D destroyer was launched at Jiangnan on 23 February, where three more ships of the class are being fitted out post-launch.

Zaozhuang , is the PLAN's 30th Type 054A frigate and appears to be the final ship of the class. It was the 15th to be built at the Huangpu shipyard in Guangzhou, with the remainder being constructed at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai.

Source:https://www.janes.com/article/87014...and-type-054a-frigate-enter-service-with-plan

 

[LKJ86]

Type 052D DDG

 

[Suika]

Boooooo

Go enter service in the specified China defense sub section.

 

[Beast]

S

Boooooo

Go enter service in the specified China defense sub section.

sourgraped.

 

[Suika]

S
sourgraped.

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/japa...-class-guided-missile-destroyer-janes.606623/

 

[Beast]

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/japa...-class-guided-missile-destroyer-janes.606623/

Lol..

This ship is no better than Type 052D or 055 cruiser.

 

[Suika]

Lol..

This ship is no better than Type 052D or 055 cruiser.

If ASW is not the requirement!

 

[Beast]

What the fcuk China defense news in China & Far East section You post by mistake or intentionally/trolling @LKJ86
@waz @The Eagle @Deino please move this thread in appropriate section thanks

Couldn't have said it better myself
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/japa...missile-destroyer-janes.606623/#post-11254381

Vulgarity and improper language @Deino

If ASW is not the requirement!

As if anti-surface and long range power projection are not important?

 

[Suika]

Vulgarity and improper language @Deino


As if anti-surface and long range power projection power are not important?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯