Beijiao 57-class dispatch boat
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General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Bei jiao 57 |
Electronic warfare & decoys: | None |
Armament: | Unarmed |
Aircraft carried: | None |
Aviation facilities: | None |
Beijiao 57 class dispatch boat 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 eleven units of this class have been confirmed in active service as of mid-2010s, making this class the most numerous dispatch boats in service with the Chinese navy (as of mid-2010s).[1]
Beijiao 57 class series ships in PLAN service are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Jiao (交), short for Jiao-Tong-Ting (交通艇), meaning dispatch boat (ferry) in Chinese, because these ships are classified as dispatch boats. 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.
Class | Pennant # | Status | Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Bei-Jiao 57 | Active | North Sea Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Bei-Jiao 59 | Active | North Sea Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Bei-Jiao 60 | Active | North Sea Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Bei-Jiao 69 | Active | North Sea Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Bei-Jiao 72 | Active | North Sea Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Dong-Jiao 83 | Active | East Sea Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Dong-Jiao 89 | Active | East Sea Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Dong-Jiao 91 | Active | East Sea Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Dong-Jiao 92 | Active | East Sea Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Nan-Jiao 84 | Active | South Sea Fleet |
Beijiao 57 class | Nan-Jiao 89 | Active | South Sea Fleet |
References
- 1 2 "Beijiao 57-class dispatch boat". Retrieved 2015.