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Friday, June 20, 2014

PLAN inducts two Type 056 corvettes into South China Sea fleet

Jiangdao-class (Type 056) guided-missile corvetteChina's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has commissioned two Jiangdao-class (Type 056) guided-missile corvettes into its South China Sea fleet, according to PLA-sponsored news outlets.

Luzhou (592) and Qinyuan (589) were commissioned on 7 June and 11 June respectively. Luzhou was manufactured at Wuhan Shipyard in Hubei province while Qinyuan was built at the Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou.

The 1,500 tonne full-load displacement vessels have a length of 90 m and a beam of 11 m. They can reach a top speed of 25 kt and attain a standard range of 6482 km (3,500 n miles) at 16 kt.

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