Specification & Performance data of Bangladesh Navy Ordered Two Type 056 Corvette

Armaments options the Bangladesh Navy could possibly select:

1 - 76 mm AK-176 (Main gun)
2 - OTO 40 mm (CIWS)
3 - C-802 or C-803 (SSM)
4 - No VLS? (VLS)
5 - FM-90N/Crotale (SHORAD)
6 - STOP 25/30/35 mm (Auto-cannon)
7 - STAMP 12.7 mm (RCWS-MG)
8 - Yu-7 or Mu-90 (Torpedo)
9 - Z-9EC (ASW Helicopter)

Type 056 would be extended by 10 m to accommodate a helicopter hanger.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

Type 056 corvette

Class overview

Builders: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard
Huangpu Shipyard
Operators: People’s Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by: Type 053H3 frigate

General characteristics

Type: Corvette
Displacement: 1300 tons(empty),1800 tons max
Length: 90m(waterline),95m overall
Beam: 10m
Draft: 4.4m
Speed: 28 kts

Armament:

2× 2-cell YJ-83 (C-803) anti-ship missiles, amidships (200km range)

1× FL-3000N 8-round SAM launcher, aft(9km range)

2 x 30mm remote weapon systems , amidships

1× AK-176 main gun, forward

The Type 056 corvette is a Chinese light warship that entered service with the People’s Liberation Army Navy in 2012 as a replacement for the Jianghu class frigate and the Type 037 series of patrol vessels.

People"s Liberation Army - Navy commissioned Type 056 Jiangdao Class corvette 586

New guided missile frigate commissioned in East China Sea Fleet

(Source: China Military Online)   2014-01-08

The ceremony for naming and presenting flag to the guided missile frigate Ji’an is held in Shanghai, Jan. 8, 2014. (Navy.81.cn / Dai Zongfeng)

       SHANGHAI,January 8 (ChinaMil) -- A commissioning, naming and flag-presenting ceremony for the new-type guided missile frigate “Ji’an” was held at a naval port in Shanghai on Wednesday morning. This is the first new-type guided missile frigate that is officially commissioned to a maritime garrison command of the East China Sea Fleet under the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN).

　　The guided missile frigate Ji’an (hull No.586) belongs to a new-generation of light guided missile frigate developed independently by China. After commissioned to a maritime garrison command of the East China Sea Fleet, the warship will mainly undertake such missions as maritime patrol, ship escort. Besides, it can also conduct anti-submarine and anti-surface operations individually or coordinating with other forces.

　 　Ji’an City is famous for Jinggangshan Mountain, the birthplace of the Chinese Workers and Peasants’ Red Army, and one of the first-generation guided missile frigates of the PLAN was also named Ji’an (hull No. 518). The No. 518 frigate had served for 35 years with the total voyage of more than 200,000 sea miles before it retired in 2012.

　　Gu Xiangbing, deputy commander of the East China Sea Fleet under the PLAN, presented the army flag and issued the naming certificate to the ship.

Comparing rear ends - A Chinese new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) 056 Jiangdao class variant?

The fifth 056 Jiangdao class launched by Zhonghua shipyard on November 20th is sporting a rather large new arrangement in the back, causing folks to speculate a new ASW variant with VDS is in the work. Time will Say. 

Chinese Type 056 Jiangdao Class Light Corvette

Chinese Type 056 Jiangdao Class Light Corvette carries 2× 2-cell YJ-83 (C-803) Sea Skimming Anti-Ship Missiles and 1x8-Cell HHQ-10 / FL-3000N (Chinese RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile) short-range Close-In Weapon System (CIWS).

Random Images of Chinese Type 056 Jiangdao Class Light Corvette of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy)