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Wednesday, September 03, 2014

PLAN's 17th Type 056 corvette begins sea trials

Type 056 corvette SuqianChina's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) appears to have begun sea trials for its 17th Type 056 Jiangdao-class missile corvette Suqian , based on photographs circulated on Chinese internet sources.

The 1,500-tonne vessel (pennant number 593) was spotted on several occasions at sea in waters around Hangzhou Bay in the last two weeks of August.

Suqian was built by Shanghai shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship is likely to be commissioned by the end of 2014.

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