Type 024 Hoku class FAC (1965) PCFG Houku/Hegu Class, Type 024 aka Project 24/EM1A. Chinese PLAN (1968-77) – about 110 built The Chinese “Komar” The Type 6623 was one of the Type five boats transferred from the Soviet Union to China according to the “Twenty-Four Agreement” between China and the Soviet Union in 1959. It … Read more
Type 092 (NATO Xia class) SSBN (1981) Chinese PLAN (1981) – 1 Ballistic Nuclear Submarine The first Chinese SSBN: It is well understood today that the most efficient deterrence carrier today is the SSBN (for ‘submarine’ ‘ballistic missile’ ‘nuclear powered’). Only five nations in 1987 could boast having that capability: USA, USSR, UK, France and … Read more
Type 091 (Han class) SSNs (1970) Chinese PLAN (1970-90) – 5 ships ChangZheng 5 (405) in 1993 The first Chinese SSNs: The type 091 class was nothing short of revolutionary when speaking of 1970s China. It really was a leap forward in design, technology and capability, the sign that the PLAN was now “part of … Read more
Chinese PLAN (1990) – Anqing, Huainan, Huaibei, Tongling Based on the classic NATO: Jianghu class (Type 053H), the Type 053H2G seems to be a derivative of the same lineage but in reality it’s its own class altogether and is separated in all publications and by all authors as the magnitude of changes in important. The … Read more
Chinese PLAN (1973) 23 ships The Ming class: Last Chinese SSG Type 035B, NATO Ming class, returning from a mission – src histamar.com.ar source The 035B was the last version, an hybridation with the next 039 Song class conventional attack submarines. It could be summarized as the “Chinese Foxtrot”, a late, large mass-production serie of … Read more
Chinese PLAN (1974-96) – 18 ships The Type 053 was the staple of Chinese PLAN late cold war frigates. The extensive denomination type covers 8 different ship types which spanned almost 20 years, from the Type 053K Jiangdong class which were basically heavily modified soviet Riga class frigates. They were designed as air-defense frigates, armed … Read more
The Chinese “Romeo” Chinese PLAN (1963-84) – 2+84 boats: 126, 140, 142, 143, 153, 172, 176, 208-2012, 227-229, 245, 248, 249, 254, 267-270, 281-283, 52 more By far, the most common Submarine type in service with the PLAN during the early 1980s were the Type 033, the Chinese “Romeo”. Indeed, they all had been built … Read more
Type 03, the Chinese “Whiskey” Chinese PLAN (1956-63) – 21(+5) boats The famous NATO codename was given to the most important serie of submarines post WW2. They were an integral part of the USSR defence policy and represented a mass of 215 modern submarines integrating many of the innovations bring by the fabled German Type … Read more
Chinese PLAN (1973) 2 ships The Type 053 frigates (NATO Jianghu, Jiangwei and Jiangdong) formed the backbone of Chinese PLAN frigate force from 1977, until recently. They were all derived from an attempt to make a better design than 1950s Riga-class Type 065 Chengdu and its attempted modified copy, the Type 065 jiangnan. The same … Read more
Chinese PLAN (1965) – Haikou, Dongchuan, Nanchong, Shimonoseki Based on the “Riga” The previous Chengdu class frigates (type 065) were ex-Soviet ships of the 1950s, “Riga” ASW warfare class shipped and assembled in China, as well as some blueprints, and with a lot of local ingenuity. They were launched in 1956-57 and served with the … Read more
