22 June 2020
Chinese navy commissions another Type 056-class corvette
by Andrew Tate
Another Type 056 (Jiangdao)-class corvette has entered service with China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), as reflected in photographs posted on the Chinese Weibo social media platform.
The ship has been given pennant number 617 and named Jingdezhen after a prefecture-level city in China’s northeastern Jiangxi Province. The commissioning ceremony appears to have taken place on 17 June at a naval facility in the eastern coastal city of Xiamen.
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Another Type 056 (Jiangdao)-class corvette has entered service with China’s People’s Liberation Army...
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