Xiao Liang, a senior hardware researcher in the nation's shipbuilding industry, said that the Type 054B is the largest class of frigate the Navy has ever used, and is almost as large as some of ...

Xiao Liang, a senior hardware researcher in the nation's shipbuilding industry, said the Type 054B is the largest class of frigate the Navy has ever used and is almost as big as some of China's ...

Its displacement is 15,995 metric tons, and it hosts 197 crew members. The exceptionally large frigate that is the F126 project (the first model of its class is targeting completion in 2028), is ...

CNS Luohe, the first ship of the Type 054B that has a hull number "545," was put into service at a military port in Qingdao, ...

The ageing HMS Sutherland was noted to have required more than 600 structural inserts as part of its refit period.

A researcher also claims that Type 054B is the largest class of frigate ever used by the China's PLA Navy till date.

One, a large frigate, can be seen from the Exchange and the balconies of the stores on the bluff. Between 10 and 11 o'clock yesterday morning, a party of Yankee troops, armed with muskets ...

China's first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, is commissioned in the People's Liberation Army Navy on January 22, 2025 at a military port in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province. Photo: Xinhua The ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's navy has commissioned a new-generation frigate as competition rises with the U.S. and other regional powers, saying the ship will “play a vital role in enhancing the ...

China’s navy has commissioned a new-generation frigate as competition rises with the US and other regional powers, saying the ship will “play a vital role in enhancing the overall combat ...