Hongjian
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ORIGINAL: navyrecognition The Impressive Commissioning Pace of the Chinese Navy (PLAN) in 2015 quote:
2015 was a record year for the the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) in terms of new vessels procurement. No less than 3 destroyers, 4 frigates and 5 corvettes were commissioned into the Chinese fleet. Let's take a look back at the impressive number of units that joined the PLAN's fleet last year. more at: http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3433 An incomplete list of all PLAN commissionings since 2013 here: (Chinese, but the designations are still the same) According to this, the PLAN commissioned 51 surface ships between 2013 to 2015, excluding the submarines (which are darn hard for amateurs to track, because they all look same, have no apparent penant numbers and literally noone sees them being constructed until we spot them out in the open). Actually, this list is still incomplete: Also commissioned are: 2 x Type 926 sub support ships (865 Liugong Dao and 867 Chang Dao) 2 x Zubr ACVs (3325, 3326) 2 x catamaran survey ships (Nance 430, Dongce 232) 1 x Type 909A test ship (894 Li Siguang) 1 x Type 815A spy ship (854 Tianlang Xing) 1 x deep sea cable laying ship (Donglang 885) So, the PLAN has commissioned 60 ships in 3 years. Not bad for the start, but not yet Cold-War US level (especially in terms of tonnage). This could change in the next 3 years, when the PLAN is launching/commissioning bigger surface combattants.
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