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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Fifth Type 056 Chinese Corvette class launched at Shanghai shipyard

Typ 056 corvetteOn August 19, 2012 the Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai (part of the China state shipbuilding corporation - CSSC) launched its second Type 056 corvette.

This is the fifth corvette of this type launched in a little over 3 months.

Since the launch of the first Type 056 three more were launched at vrarious shipyars: One in Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuiding Company on July 3, another at Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Company in Wuhan on August 3 and another one in august in a small shipbuilding and ship-repair yard in Dalian.

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