956em sovs

alright, I got some closure on this matter. Apparently, Russians just have a habit of painting their own numbers on these ships before handing over to China.

For example, 138

136

Yeah the new Sovs are new ships, then I guess that means Alexandr Nevsky and Yekaterinbugr (698) are 136 and 137 in the PLAN?

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Yup.

Under a September 1996 agreement Russia sold two uncompleted Project 956A Sovremenny class missile destroyers to China. They are hull #18, ex-Soviet Navy Vazhny and later renamed as Yekaterinbugr (698) by the Russian Navy, with two-thirds of building complete, and hull #19, ex-Russian Navy Alexandr Nevsky with only one-third complete. Both ships were laid down in the late 1980s by the North Shipyard in St. Petersburg and their construction was suspended in 1995 due to lack of funds.

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tphuang said:

alright, I got some closure on this matter. Apparently, Russians just have a habit of painting their own numbers on these ships before handing over to China.

For example, 138
[qimg]http://www.war-sky.com/forum/attachment/Day_060720/3_44979_555aef239a0bb37.jpg[/qimg]
136
[qimg]http://www.war-sky.com/forum/attachment/Day_060720/3_44979_6ffba08c9f7d3e1.jpg[/qimg]

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wow, unique habit..... i didnt no that (before i tot all those sov were used.... lol)

US navy had the habbit too when they sold some warships to abroad from their own naval building programs.....sometimes even when they funded some of their allyes warshisp build in those countryes, they recieved US hull numbers.

So it isent unique way att all...

more pictures of 138.

4th Sovremenny will sail thru Taiwan Strait in a few days

according to CMF

4th Sovremenny will sail thru Taiwan Strait in a few days. PLAN will send DDG 112 & 113 to escort. USN claims that they been monitoring the situation.

Isn't 113 on a visit to US?

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Sczepan said:

according to CMF

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4th Sovremenny will sail thru Taiwan Strait in a few days. PLAN will send DDG 112 & 113 to escort. USN claims that they been monitoring the situation.

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Here's another link regarding the Sovremenny for China's Navy. Pretty much sums up the same stuff. But it also notes the boost to PLAN this ship will be.



Is this ship also heading for PLAN's East Sea Fleet?

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Sea Dog said:

Here's another link regarding the Sovremenny for China's Navy. Pretty much sums up the same stuff. But it also notes the boost to PLAN this ship will be.

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Is this ship also heading for PLAN's East Sea Fleet?

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these stories sure boast Sovs.
to the best of my knowledge. It seems all the imported stuff are getting put in that fleet.

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tphuang said:

these stories sure boast Sovs.
to the best of my knowledge. It seems all the imported stuff are getting put in that fleet.

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Yeah, they sure do. The feeling seems to be that they provide a nice offensive addition to PLAN's fleet. And since they are going to the East Sea Fleet, it looks as though China wants to ensure it has a readily available offensive potential in the Taiwan Straits right now. I'm really surprised that all units of this class are put in the East Sea Fleet. I thought perhaps China would want to put at least a couple of these vessels in the South China Sea for a myriad of reasons. Though if I'm not mistaken, that's where the 052C are going.