PLAN inducts two Type 056 corvettes into South China Sea fleet Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Janes Defence Weekly 20 June 2014 Chinas Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has commissioned two Jiangdao-class (Type 056) guided-missile corvettes into its South China Sea fleet, according to PLA-sponsored news outlets. Luzhou (592) and Qinyuan (589) were commissioned on 7 June and 11 June respectively. Luzhou was manufactured at Wuhan Shipyard in Hubei province while Qinyuan was built at the Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou. The 1,500 tonne full-load displacement vessels have a length of 90 m and a beam of 11 m. They can reach a top speed of 25 kt and attain a standard range of 6482 km (3,500 n miles) at 16 kt. According to IHS Janes Fighting Ships , class vessels carry an eight-cell launcher aft for FL-3000N short-range surface-to-air missiles, four launchers for C-802 surface-to-surface missiles, a 76 mm AK-176 main gun, and two 30 mm cannons. janes/article/39797/plan-inducts-two-type-056-corvettes-into-south-china-sea-fleet
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:17:33 +0000
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