500 cubic meter-class barge

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Class overview
OperatorsNaval ensign of China.svg  People's Liberation Army Navy
General characteristics
Class & type500m3 class
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ArmamentUnarmed
Aircraft carriedNone
Aviation facilitiesNone

The 500 cubic meter-class barge is a class of little known naval auxiliary ship currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). [1] The name of this class is after the first unit commissioned, with the exact type still remains unknown, and a total of seven of this class have been confirmed in active service as of mid-2010s. [1] This class has twin chimneys.

The 500 cubic meter-class barge series in PLAN service are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Bo (驳), short for Bo-Chuan (驳船), meaning barge in Chinese, because these ships are classified as barges. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers may have changed due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention.

ClassPennant #StatusFleet
500m3 classBei-Bo 65Active North Sea Fleet
500m3 classBei-Bo 66Active North Sea Fleet
500m3 classBei-Bo 67Active North Sea Fleet
500m3 classBei-Bo 68Active North Sea Fleet
500m3 classNan-Bo 37Active South Sea Fleet
500m3 classNan-Bo 42Active South Sea Fleet
500m3 classNan-Bo 44Active South Sea Fleet

References

  1. 1 2 "500m3 class barge" . Retrieved 3 August 2015.