Jiangdao Class Corvette Launched in Shanghai for China's Navy
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Edition Jane's defense weekly reports that a serial corvette of the Jiangdao class has been launched in Shanghai, China. The warship was created at the Hudong-Zhonghua facility for the Chinese naval forces. In the three years since the launch of the lead ship of this series (the 056 project), the 30 corvettes have already been built. It is known that the construction of corvettes for the Chinese Navy is carried out not only at the Shanghai shipyard, but also in the cities of Guangzhou, Dalian and Wuhan.
At the same time, there is no information on how many Jiangdao-class warships are ordered from manufacturers by the command of the PRC Navy. There are only messages in the American media that allegedly refer to US intelligence. According to this data, China plans to replenish its naval forces with the 3-th corvette of this project in the coming 30 of the year.
Corsets 056 "Jiangdao" in China have the status of stealth ships with missile weapons. This armament is represented by the 2x2 YJ-83 1 x 8 PU ZUR FL3000N. In addition, the 056 corvettes of the project are armed with anti-aircraft systems, radar and mine-torpedo systems. Corvetry artillery is represented by 1 × 76 mm AU H / PJ-26.
The Jiangdao corvettes have the following dimensions: length - about 89 m, width - 11,6 m, draft - 4 m. The crew of the ship is 60 h. Cruising range - 3500 nautical miles. Maximum travel speed - 28 knots.
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