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 Navy wing of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has commissioned a new-generation frigate, which it says will play a ...

Now that China’s latest frigate has been commissioned with the PLAN, the vessel joins around 233 other warships in the fleet. Beijing achieved yet another naval milestone this week when the Chinese ...

China Unveils the Type 054B Frigate China has marked a significant leap in naval warfare with the commissioning of its first ...

China commissioned its first Type 054B guided-missile frigate in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Wednesday morning, according ...

Now that China’s latest frigate has been commissioned with the PLAN, the vessel joins around 233 other warships in the fleet. Beijing achieved yet another naval milestone this week when the ...

China’s first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, was commissioned into the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) on Wednesday. The ship class, referred to by the U.S. and NATO as the Jiangkai III class, ...

According to Xinhua, the “new-generation frigate” represents “a key asset in the modernisation of the PLA Navy”, despite its apparent similarity to its predecessor – the Type 054A.

Currently, the Navy's frigate forces mainly consist of the Type 054A ships, which started to be deployed in 2006.

China’s Type 054B frigate marks a new era in naval power, while Japan’s Mogami-class ships push back—are other navies ...

China held a keel-laying ceremony last month at a shipyard in Shanghai for the second of four Type 054A-class frigates on order for the Pakistan Navy. A Chinese shipbuilding company cut steel for ...

The Type 054B design differs significantly from the Type 054A, with 15 metres of additional length (at a full length of around 150 metres). It is also wider in the beam at 17 metres. The Type 054B ...