17 FEBRUARY 2021

by Andrew Tate

2021年2月17日

作者：安德鲁·泰特

 

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has commissioned the final two Jiangdao-class corvettes, bringing the total number of vessels of the class in PLAN service to 72, according to Chinese state-owned media.

据中国官方媒体报道，中国人民解放军海军（PLAN）已命名最后两艘“江岛”级护卫舰，在中国海军服役的“江岛”级舰艇总数达到72艘。

 

The final two ships to enter service – both of which are of the anti-submarine warfare (ASW)-capable Type 056A variant – are Nanyang (pennant number 619) and Shangqiu (618). They were commissioned on 30 January and early February, respectively, although the locations of the ceremonies were not disclosed.

最后两艘服役的舰艇都是具有反潜战能力的056A型，分别是“南阳”号（弦号619）和“商丘”号（弦号618）。这些命名仪式分别于1月30日和2月初举行，不过没有透露举行仪式的地点。

 

A screengrab from CCTV 7 footage released on 16 February shows Type 056A corvette Nanyang.The vessel (pennant number 619), along with Shangqiu(618), are the final two ships of the Jiangdao class to enter service with the PLAN.

2月16日发布的央视7台画面截图显示056A型护卫舰“南阳”号。舰艇（弦号619）和“商丘”号（弦号618）是进入中国海军服役的最后两艘“江岛”级。

 

Photographs of two other ships of the class, with pennant numbers 636 and 637, appeared online in early February and showed the vessels flying pennants normally associated with commissioning/decommissioning ceremonies, suggesting that these ships also entered service recently. Although the monikers are unconfirmed, online sources give the names of these ships as Jining and Shiyan , respectively.

该级另外两艘弦号为636和637的舰艇照片在2月初出现在网上，照片显示这些舰艇悬挂着通常与命名/退役仪式有关的军旗，表明这些舰艇最近也开始服役。尽管这些命名没有得到证实，但网上的消息来源给出了这些舰艇的命名，分别是“济宁”号和“十堰”号。

 

The Jiangdao class comprises 22 Type 056 and 50 Type 056A variants. All vessels are equipped with a 76 mm gun and four deck-mounted missile launchers capable of firing YJ-83 anti-ship missiles and Yu-8 torpedo-carrying anti-submarine projectiles. The key difference between the two variants is that the Type 056A is equipped with a towed passive sonar line array and a towed active variable depth sonar, which should give the platforms a significant ASW capability.

江岛级包括22艘056型和50艘056A型改型。所有舰艇都装备了一门76毫米舰炮和四个甲板导弹发射架，能够发射YJ-83反舰导弹和Yu-8鱼雷运载反潜弹。这两种改型之间的关键区别在于056A型配备了拖曳式被动声纳阵列和拖曳式主动可变深度声纳，这将使平台具有显著的反潜战（ASW）能力。