Type 056 corvette Shangrao
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Preceded by | Type 037 |
Built | 2012–2021 |
In commission | 2013–present |
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Type | Corvette (per NATO) |
Displacement | 1,500 tons |
Length | 90 m (295 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 11.14 m (36 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 2 SEMT Pielstick PA6-STC diesel motors |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 78 |
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Aviation facilities | Helipad for 1 medium-lift helicopter (Harbin Z-9) |
The Type 056 corvette (NATO reporting name: Jiangdao-class corvette) is a class of littoral combat-oriented corvette (designated natively as "light frigate") deployed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). They replace older coastal patrol craft and some of the Type 053H frigates.[4]
The first Type 056 entered service in March 2013, and 22 ships were built for active service.[5] An anti-submarine warfare (ASW) variant, commonly known as Type 056A, also entered service from 2014 onwards, with another 50 ships built to this variant.[6]
Following construction of Aba (the 50th Type 056A) in December 2019, China ceased building Type 056A corvettes (it had earlier ceased building the original Type 056 model) to focus on procuring bigger bluewater warships for high sea missions.[7] Between mid-2021 and January 2023,[8] the PLAN transferred all 22 original Type 056s to the China Coast Guard while retaining the 50 Type 056As.[2] The pennant numbers for the Type 056 class were thus deleted, while the pennant numbers for the first 20 ships of the Type 056A were altered from their previous "500" series to a new "600" series (the subsequent 30 ships of the Type 056A variant received pennant numbers in the "600" series from the start).[9]
Export variants were delivered to the Algerian National Navy,[10] the Bangladesh Navy[11] and the Nigerian Navy.[12]
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