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sadim81 · 12-12-2005

These pics are taken from the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Is that just a civilian tanker of some sort? is it even a ship

MIGleader · 12-12-2005

no, its a red X.
are u posting em right?

ok, new2u, i saw your pics. thats a civilian cargo ship. you see alot of em if you ever lived in a chinese port.

New2u · 12-12-2005

i think these are the pic his talking about, (scroll down..)
http://www.centurychina.com/cgi-bin/...34&v=2&gV=0&p=
http://www.centurychina.com/cgi-bin/...34&v=2&gV=0&p=

sadim81 · 12-12-2005

actually New2u, those are not it...i'll try posting again...

seems to be fine when I "preview post"....fingers crossed
link for them is http://tuku.military.china.com/milit...2-12/23273.htm

bd popeye · 12-12-2005

Humm??

Well those must be stealth ships because all I see is a 2 little red x's. And when I clicked that link all I get a a page with a banner that says China.com

sadim81 · 12-13-2005

sorry fellas I dunno what is wrong... I've posted the images up onto imageshack so hopefully everyone is able to see it now...

heres the direct links
http://img210.imageshack.us/full.php...pyards13ka.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/full.php...pyards25jl.jpg

Gollevainen · 12-13-2005

Quote:

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai

what is usually build in there? Weren't most of the newes chinese warships build in dalian?

sadim81 · 12-13-2005

Originally Zhonghua Shipyards, it merged with Hudong Shipyards in mid 2000, for quick intro see

http://www.hz-shipgroup.com/intro-e.htm

The shipyards builds everything from crude oil cariers & passenger ships to Naval vessels for the PLAN. Most notable/recent of these are the new type 072III and 072II LSTs as well the 054 Ma'anshan Frigates.

http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/amphibious/072iii.asp
http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/surface/054.asp

But I'm not sure if those pictures are that of a military vessel...the shape is so perculiar, looks like a big hanger almost...pretty sure its a ship tho, its on a drydock & it looks to be of modular construction

ger_mark · 12-13-2005

my friend who works on a shipyard says it is a LNG gas tanker

next to the crane there is already the bridge?
stealh ship with bridge? nah its one of those
and the "big hangar" is the tank

bd popeye · 12-13-2005

That ship looks like a ship my ex-brother in law sailed on for a couple of years. He use to work for Stolt-Nielsen.

Those merchant ships are so different from a warship. Espically reguarding the compartmentation. There are more wide open spaces on those merchants.

tphuang · 12-13-2005

The HD shipyard should be building 054A and 071 LPD right now. Not sure about the ships in the picture though. There should be no stealth ship under construction in this shipyard.

MIGleader · 12-13-2005

an lpd??? or a amphibious transport. its hull design certainly doesnt match that of any other plan warships. i wish we could see the front...
the stealth slanting is strange for an lpd, and the hull kinda resembles that of a ddg.
weve been hit with another plan surprise. not everything that is built is announced

ger_mark · 12-13-2005

didnt you read my post? its just a tanker and no LPD or landing craft
just a trapezoid tube

frontal pic

renmin · 12-13-2005

I doubt it is a tanker. I certainly do not see a bridge or signs of a shape of a vessel. I think Iv got it, it must be some sort of structure. Perhaps it might be used to cover up a new ship the PLAN is constructing so no one can take pictures of it or find out what is being consructed, it certainly does not look like a vessel. Dont go haywire, its just a guess.

MIGleader · 12-13-2005

or not. your tanker has slanted sides, but they do not fuse with the hull. this ships's sides actually join to the sides, like a warship.

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