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Fifth Type 056 Chinese Corvette class launched at Shanghai shipyard.
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On 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. As we reported, the head of Type 056 class was launched at Hudong Shipyard on May 22nd, 2012. |
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 The Fifth Type 056 Corvette is launched in the water (Second ship of this type for Hudong shipyard) on August 19 2012. (picture: www.hobbyshanghai.net) |
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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.
To date, 5 Type 056 corvettes have been launched in a little over 3 months which is an impressive rate. Link to Type 056 Corvette (Jiangdao class) datasheet |