055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread

[Blitzo]

I am not sure at this point that it is even a bridge.

It is blurred out, and could represent the structure on the deck below whatever they are building there is.

IWO, rather than being in front of the larger vessel...it is actually a part of it and just a deck that has been blurred out as many of these photos often do.

Oh well...time will tell.

Are we still talking about the same thing, i.e.: the thing in the red box below?

because I'm pretty confident that is definitely a bridge/superstructure... but it's a bridge/superstructure for a civilian cargo ship most likely (it has yet to be lifted and assembled onto the ship it is intended for, probably) -- and definitely not for 055.

compare the geometry and characteristics of it with the bridge/superstructure of the photo in my last post. They may not be the exact same design, but when accounting for the difference in primer coat colour and the difference in photo angle, it's pretty obvious that they both have the same overall, distinctive configuration....

 

[Jeff Head]

Are we still talking about the same thing, i.e.: the thing in the red box below?

because I'm pretty confident that is definitely a bridge/superstructure... but it's a bridge/superstructure for a civilian cargo ship most likely.

No...I was talking about the thing to the right of the Crane's leg. That's why I say I do not think it is a bridge at all at this pint.

 

[Blitzo]

No...I was talking about the thing to the right of the Crane's leg. That's why I say I do not think it is a bridge at all at this pint.

I see.

Well, the slightly blurred hull module to the right of the crane's leg is the hull of the suspected 055 -- we've had pictures of various 055 modules in the recent past being assembled there, and the part of the hull that we can see now seems to be a new module, possibly near the aft of the ship. I expect the rest of the ship that we saw being assembled in past months is blocked by the white building and the cargo ship in the fitting out yard. So yes, the blurred out hull is definitely not a bridge/superstructure, because it is the suspected 055.

The bridge/superstructure OTOH which is also in the photo, is completely separate to the hull, and is probably a prefabricated bridge/superstructure module for a civilian cargo ship, which has yet to be lifted onto its recipient hull which is likely elsewhere in the shipyard and not part of the picture. The picture makes it look like the hull and the bridge/superstructure are next to each other, but in reality they are quite far apart (I suspect the bridge/superstructure is more in the "background"), and both are also unrelated to each other.

In other words, the bridge/superstructure is completely irrelevant to the suspected 055 hull, and is for an entirely different ship altogether.

I've found over the years, that it's always important to consider that just because two objects are close to each other in a busy shipyard does not mean they're part of the same structure or even intended for the same ship.

 

[mangjitok]

I've found over the years, that it's always important to consider that just because two objects are close to each other in a busy shipyard does not mean they're part of the same structure or even intended for the same ship.

you're right it is difficult to considering the hull looklike because they are close each other. when jeff mention the structure in the red circle, i consider its as hangar then i try to related it to the other structure (second structure that in deep blue colour, not the the first one in blue and white colour structure) far behind, that look like bridge superstructure, but when i compare it with By78 post at #1942 why it look very different situation, is this image is not the same hull wich by78 posted before?

 

[Iron Man]

It still can be anything

If by anything you mean any warship, then yes. Based on the sloped hull this is definitely a warship. Whether it is the 055 vs some other warship, there is just no way to tell from that photo. Then again, this is not a new revelation because we already knew this from previous photos.

 

[Blitzo]

you're right it is difficult to considering the hull looklike because they are close each other. when jeff mention the structure in the red circle, i consider its as hangar then i try to related it to the other structure (second structure that in deep blue colour, not the the first one in blue and white colour structure) far behind, that look like bridge superstructure, but when i compare it with By78 post at #1942 why it look very different situation, is this image is not the same hull wich by78 posted before?

Yes, I believe the part of the hull we are seeing in the recent photo may be depicting a hull module which includes the hangar/helipad, on the aft of the ship which is currently being assembled/welded on to the rest... though I'm far from certain.

Compared to the photo in post #1942, the two photos were obviously taken at different positions, and possibly different lenses which may be distorting some of the background and foreground, but also possible and likely is that the previously already assembled hull modules in #1942 had been moved forwards slightly to allow the aft helipad/hangar module to be assembled with the rest of it, therefore moving most of the previously the visible hull in #1942 to now sit behind the white building, out of view of the camera.

 

[FORBIN]

Always a doubt for VLS Cell's number 112 - 128 ? i think as usualy with China we know only when you get pics.

 

[Jeff Head]

Always a doubt for VLS Cell's number 112 - 128 ? i think as usualy with China we know only when you get pics.

I would think 128 myself.

We have seen 32 cell VLS of the square variety. I expect this vessel will have enough room to have two 64 cell VLS.

Sure they could do a 64 and a 48...but since they are designing this from the ground up, why not make room for two 64s from the beginning?

As you say...time will tell, when we see the pics.

 

[A.Man]

055？

 

[asif iqbal]

Yes Type 055