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China to stop building Type 056 corvettes as navy shifts focus to larger vessels
Liu Zhen in Beijing
Published: 8:00pm, 14 Jan, 2020
China will reportedly stop building its Type 056 corvettes after the navy shifted its focus to ordering bigger warships for high sea missions.
The last of the 1,300-tonne guided-missile corvettes, the Aba, was completed in December, according to a recent report by the local media in the vessel’s namesake, Aba prefecture in Sichuan.
The vessel will join the navy’s south sea fleet, Aba Television’s official social media account reported last week, although did not say when it would join the fleet.
The first Type 056 was only launched in 2012; it immediately became one of the most widely produced warships with at least 60 being built over the past eight years.
The lightweight model has been widely adopted thanks to its powerful armaments, which include a 176mm gun, two 30mm cannons, anti-ship and air-defence missile launchers and two torpedo tubes. It can also load a medium-lift helicopter on board and has great flexibility in near-shore operations.
Two Type 056 corvettes, the Huizhou and the Qinzhou, have been deployed in the PLA’s Hong Kong garrison since 2013.
There is also an anti-submarine variant, the Type 056A, and a coastguard variant armed with water cannon.
This corvette has also been sold to foreign navies, including Bangladesh and Nigeria.
Despite the relatively new design and wide use, production of the Type 056 will be stopped, partly because the navy has had enough coastal defence vessels and will move onto blue-water operations, according to a Global Times report.
“Shipyards could shift their focus to building larger warships,” it said.
On Sunday, the navy commissioned its first Type 055 guided-missile destroyer, the Nanchang, one of the most advanced ships of its type.
Other Type 055s are already undergoing sea trials and more are in the pipeline. The vessels will act as the main escorts in China’s aircraft carrier strike groups.
In the meantime, the Type 052D guided-missile destroyers, also described as the Chinese equivalent to Aegis destroyers, have become the main warships.
The Hudong shipyard in Shanghai, where most Type 056s were built, is working on the country’s first amphibious assault ships, the Type 075, the first of which was launched in September.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/mil...rds-call-time-corvettes-switch-larger-vessels
- The PLA Navy has started ordering bigger warships as it starts to prepare for missions further away from its shoreline
- The last Type 056, the Aba, has been completed, according to local media reports in its namesake prefecture
Liu Zhen in Beijing
Published: 8:00pm, 14 Jan, 2020
China will reportedly stop building its Type 056 corvettes after the navy shifted its focus to ordering bigger warships for high sea missions.
The last of the 1,300-tonne guided-missile corvettes, the Aba, was completed in December, according to a recent report by the local media in the vessel’s namesake, Aba prefecture in Sichuan.
The vessel will join the navy’s south sea fleet, Aba Television’s official social media account reported last week, although did not say when it would join the fleet.
The first Type 056 was only launched in 2012; it immediately became one of the most widely produced warships with at least 60 being built over the past eight years.
The lightweight model has been widely adopted thanks to its powerful armaments, which include a 176mm gun, two 30mm cannons, anti-ship and air-defence missile launchers and two torpedo tubes. It can also load a medium-lift helicopter on board and has great flexibility in near-shore operations.
Two Type 056 corvettes, the Huizhou and the Qinzhou, have been deployed in the PLA’s Hong Kong garrison since 2013.
There is also an anti-submarine variant, the Type 056A, and a coastguard variant armed with water cannon.
This corvette has also been sold to foreign navies, including Bangladesh and Nigeria.
Despite the relatively new design and wide use, production of the Type 056 will be stopped, partly because the navy has had enough coastal defence vessels and will move onto blue-water operations, according to a Global Times report.
“Shipyards could shift their focus to building larger warships,” it said.
On Sunday, the navy commissioned its first Type 055 guided-missile destroyer, the Nanchang, one of the most advanced ships of its type.
Other Type 055s are already undergoing sea trials and more are in the pipeline. The vessels will act as the main escorts in China’s aircraft carrier strike groups.
In the meantime, the Type 052D guided-missile destroyers, also described as the Chinese equivalent to Aegis destroyers, have become the main warships.
The Hudong shipyard in Shanghai, where most Type 056s were built, is working on the country’s first amphibious assault ships, the Type 075, the first of which was launched in September.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/mil...rds-call-time-corvettes-switch-larger-vessels
Precisely, you can chunk out a thousand of these small craft but it still can't beat a 13000 tons 055 destroyer. I forsee PLAN to sold maybe a dozen of these 056 corvette to foreign countries in near future. Its the same old story for FAC 022 which more than few dozen are now in storage. Fortunately China is loaded with cash now. Such wastage is totally acceptable.
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The newer 056As can serve an anti-submarine role in the East China Sea, South China Sea and Yellow Sea.
I understand these are better than your typical Sub chaser 037, who have depth charges and other means to knock out subs.
These 056As are not useless, they have torpedo tubes and advanced sonar. Each has an ASW helicopter, IIRC.
The 056s can fire YJ-83s. So a thousand of them can fire 4000 YJ-83s. Ton for ton, that is much worse than the 055s, who have better AShM. 055s' air defense is much better too.
I would get started on semi-submersible frigates. Then the technology can be applied to new classes of destroyers.
I understand these are better than your typical Sub chaser 037, who have depth charges and other means to knock out subs.
These 056As are not useless, they have torpedo tubes and advanced sonar. Each has an ASW helicopter, IIRC.
The 056s can fire YJ-83s. So a thousand of them can fire 4000 YJ-83s. Ton for ton, that is much worse than the 055s, who have better AShM. 055s' air defense is much better too.
I would get started on semi-submersible frigates. Then the technology can be applied to new classes of destroyers.
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Would be interesting for PN to buy some 056 corvettes and 022 FAC if the price is right. @Bilal Khan (Quwa) @Rafi
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Could be, but in my opinion, they are likely to follow up with more frigates and some fleet level SAM destroyer class.
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I'd give the NRDI a chance to design a low-cost 1,000 to 1,500-ton corvette with enough space for AShM, ASW and AAW (via VLS). Basically, front-load the construction of the hulls first (design them cheaply -- e.g., commercial spec like OPVs), and then add the sensors and weapons for each mission role on a gradual basis.
With FACs, I'd consider going the other direction -- as fast, stealthy and destructive as possible. To optimize for cost design the FAC for one role, i.e., AShW, and equip them with supersonic-cruising AShM. Strip out costly sensors and use data-linking to airborne and large ship sensors for situational awareness and targeting.
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