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The Type 052 destroyer is one of the first modern multi-role guided missile destroyers built by China. There are currently two units in active service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force. It was succeeded by the Type 051B.
The Type 051B destroyer is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It consists of only one ship, Shenzhen (167). When Shenzhen was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in 1998, it was then the largest surface combatant that China had ever built. It resembles in many ways an enlarged version of the Luhu-class destroyer, and is one of the first PLAN ships with a slope-sided hull to reduce radar signature. The Type 051B was succeeded by the domestic Type 052B destroyer, discounting the 4 Soviet-built Sovremenny-class destroyer that China purchased in the interim.
The Type 052B or Guangzhou-class destroyer is a class of multirole missile destroyers built by the People's Republic of China. Two ships have been built, with Guangzhou (168) and Wuhan (169) both being commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in July 2004. This class features a stealthy hull and significantly improved air defence systems, an area that had been a major weakness on previous ships designed by China. These ships represent a major improvement over older generation vessels and reflects the PLAN's need for more modern destroyer designs.
The Type 052C destroyer is a class of guided missile destroyers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force (PLAN). The Type 052C introduced both fixed active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and vertically launched surface-to-air missiles into PLAN service, making it the first Chinese warship with area air defence capability.
The People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force is the surface warfare branch of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), consisting of all surface vessels in operational service with the PLAN. The PLAN Surface Force operates 661 ships organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet.
The Type 052D destroyer is a class of guided missile destroyers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force. The Type 052D is a larger variant of the Type 052C; the Type 052D uses a canister-type, instead of revolver-type, vertical launching system (VLS) and has flat-panelled active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. The new VLS is not limited to surface-to-air missiles, making the Type 052D China's first dedicated multi-role destroyer.
The Type 055 destroyer is a class of stealth guided missile destroyers being constructed for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force. It is a multi-mission design; the combination of sensors and weapons suggests a main role of area air defence, with anti-submarine warfare capabilities surpassing previous Chinese surface combatants.
A number of vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy have borne the name Nanjing, after the capital Nanjing.
A number of vessels of the People’s Liberation Army Navy have borne the name Xining, after the capital Xining.
A number of vessels of the People’s Liberation Army Navy have borne the name Yinchuan, after the capital Yinchuan.
A number of vessels of the People’s Liberation Army Navy have borne the name Nanchang, after the capital Nanchang.
Xi'an (153) is a Type 052C destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 9 February 2015.
A number of vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy have borne the name Changsha, after the capital Changsha.
A number of vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy have borne the name Jinan, after the capital Jinan.
A number of vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy have borne the name Guangzhou, after the capital Guangzhou.
A number of vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy have borne the name Taizhou, after the capital Taizhou.
A number of vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy have borne the name Hefei, after the capital Hefei.
A number of vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy have borne the name Nanning, after the city Nanning.
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- ↑ "New missile destroyer joins South China Sea Fleet". Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
