List of ships of the Navy of the People's Republic of China

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This list includes warships of the People's Liberation Army Navy . The list is arranged according to ship types and classes, each of which is followed by a ship list of this class. Previous names and IDs are placed in brackets after the valid names and IDs in the class.

Ship types and classes or units in service are highlighted in blue.

Surface combat ships

Aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrier
class		Ships			Type	image
Type	NATO code name	Identifier	Name (中文)	period of service00	Type	image
001	Admiral Kuznetsov class	16	Liaoning (辽宁) (ex-Varyag)	since September 25, 2012	STOBAR aircraft carrier
002	modified Admiral Kuznetsov class	17th	Shandong (山东)	since December 17, 2019	STOBAR aircraft carrier
003				2 units under construction	CATOBAR aircraft carrier

destroyer

destroyer
class		Ships			Type	image
Type	NATO code name	Identifier	Name (中文)	period of service00	Type	image
6607	Anshan class (ex Gnevny class)	101 102 103 104 0 0 0	Anshan (鞍山) (ex-Rekordny) Fushun (撫順) (ex-Rezkiy) Changchun (長春) (ex-Reshitelny) Taiyuan (太原) (ex-Chin Lin and ex-Retivy)	1954–1992 approx. 1955–1980 approx. 1955–1990 approx. 1955-out of service 0 0 0	destroyer
051	Luda class	105 106 160 107 161 131 162 108 132 163 109 133 110 134 164 165 166	Jinan (济南) Xi'an (西安) Guangzhou (广州) Yinchuan (银川) Changsha (长沙) Nanjing (南京) Nanning (南宁) Xining (西宁) Hefei (合肥) Nanchang (南昌) Kaifeng (开封) Chongqing (重庆) Dalian (大连) Zunyi (遵义) Guilin (桂林) Zhanjiang (湛江) Zhuhai (珠海)	1971–2007 1974–2007 1977–1978 1976–2012 1975–2008 1977–2012 1979–2012 1980–2013 1980–2012 1982–2016 1982–2019 1983–2014 1987–2019 1987–2019 1987–2019 since December 30, 1989 since November 21, 1991	destroyer
052	Luhu class	112 113	Habin (哈尔滨) Qingdao (青岛)	since May 8, 1994 since May 28, 1996	Guided missile destroyer
051B	Luhai class	167	Shenzhen (深圳)	since February 1999	destroyer
Project 956 0 0 0 Project 956EM	Sowremenny class	136 137 0 0 138 139	Hangzhou (杭州) (ex-Waschny) Fuzhou (福州) (ex-Wdumtschiwy) Taizhou (泰州) Ningbo (宁波)	since 1999 since 2000 0 0 since 2006 since 2006	Guided missile destroyer
052B	Luyang I class	168 169	Guangzhou (广州) Wuhan (武汉)	since July 2004 since 2004	Guided missile destroyer
052C	Luyang II class	170 171 150 151 152 153	Lanzhou (兰州) Haikou (海口) Changchun (长春) Zhengzhou (郑州) Jinan (济南) Xi'an (西安)	since September 2005 since December 2005 since January 31, 2013 since December 26, 2013 since December 22, 2014 since February 9, 2015	Guided missile destroyer
051C	Luzhou class	115 116	Shenyang (沈阳) Shijiazhuang (石家庄)	since January 1, 2006 since January 22, 2007	Guided missile destroyer
052D	Luyang III class	172 173 174 175 117 154 118 155 119 156 120 157 121 132	Kunming (昆明) Changsha (长沙) Hefei (合肥) Yinchuan (银川) Xining (西宁) Xiamen (厦门) Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐) Nanjing (南京) Guiyang (贵阳) Nanning (南宁) Chengdu (成都) Taiyuan (太原) Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔) Zibo (淄博)	since March 21, 2014 since August 15, 2015 since December 12, 2015 since July 16, 2016 since January 22, 2017 since July 8, 2017 since January 2018 since April 10, 2018 since February 22, 2019 Launched July 2016 Launched August 2016 Launched December 2016 Launched June 2017 Launched June 2018	Guided missile destroyer
055	Renhai class	101	Nanchang (贵阳) Nameless nameless nameless nameless nameless	since January 12, 2020 Launching April 28, 2018 Launching July 3, 2018 Launching July 3, 2018 Launching September 12, 2019 Launching December 26, 2019	Guided missile destroyer ( classified as a guided missile cruiser by NATO )

Frigates

Frigates
class		Ships			Type	image
Type	NATO code name	Identifier	Name (中文)	period of service00	Type	image
6601/01	Riga class (Chengdu class)		4 units		frigate
053H2G	Jiangwei I class	539 540 541 542	Anqing (安庆) Huainan (淮南) Huaibei (淮北) Tongling (铜陵)	1992–2015 1992–2015 1993–2015 1994–2015	frigate
053H3	Jiangwei II class	522 521 523 564 565 524 567 566 527 528	Lianyungang (连云港) Jiaxing (嘉兴) Putian (蒲田) Yichang (宜昌) Huludao (葫芦岛) Sanming (三明) Xiangyang (襄阳) Huaihua (怀化) Luoyang (洛阳) Mianyang (绵阳)	since January 1998 since June 1999 since December 1999 since December 1999 since July 2000 since December 2000 since May 2002 since June 2002 since September 2005 since April 2005	Multipurpose frigate
054	Jiangkai I class	525 526	Ma'anshan (马鞍山) Wenzhou (温州)	since February 2005 since September 2005	Multipurpose frigate
054A	Jiangkai II class	529 530 570 568 571 569 548 549 538 546 572 547 573 575 550 574 577 576 579 578 532 531 515 536 539 598 599 500 601 542	Zhoushan (舟山) Xuzhou (徐州) Huangshan (黄山) Hengyang (衡阳) Yuncheng (运城) Yulin (玉林) Yiyang (益阳) Changzhou (常州) Yantai (烟台) Yancheng (盐城) Hengshui (衡水) Linyi (临沂) Liuzhou (柳州) Yueyang (岳阳) Weifang (潍坊) Sanya (三亚) Huanggang (黄冈) Daqing (大庆) Handan (邯郸) Yangzhou (扬州) Jingzhou (荆州) Xiangtan (湘潭) Binzhou (滨州) Xuchang (许昌) Wuhu (芜湖) Rizhao (日照) Anyang (安阳) Xianníng (咸宁) Nantong (南通) Zaozhuang (枣庄)	since January 3, 2008 since January 27, 2008 since May 13, 2008 since June 30, 2008 since January 27, 2010 since February 1, 2010 since October 26, 2010 since May 30, 2011 since July 30, 2011 since June 5, 2012 since July 9, 2012 since December 22, 2012 since December 26, 2012 since May 3, 2013 since June 22, 2013 since December 13, 2013 since January 16, 2015 since January 16, 2015 since August 18, 2015 since September 21, 2015 since January 5, 2016 since February 25, 2016 since December 29, 2016 since June 23, 2017 since June 29, 2017 since January 12, 2018 since April 12, 2018 since August 28, 2018 since January 23, 2019 since February 22, 2019	Multipurpose frigate

Corvettes

corvette
class		Ships			Type	image
Type	NATO code name	Identifier	Name (中文)	period of service00	Type	image
056 0 056A	Jiangdao class				Missile corvette

Speed boats

Speed boats
class		Ships			Type	image
Type	NATO code name	Identifier	Name (中文)	period of service00	Type	image
037	Hainan class		104 units	since 1964	Submarine
037I 0 037IS	Haiqing class		27 units	since 1982	Submarine
037IG	Houxin class	651 to 656 751 to 760 754 to 767	20 units	since 1991	Missile speedboat
037II	Houjian class	770 771 772 773 774 775	Yangjiang (阳江) Shunde (顺德) Nanhai (南海) Panyu (番禹) Lianjiang (廉江) Xinhui (新会)	since 1991 since 1995 since 1995 since 1995 since 2001 since 2002	Missile speedboat
022	Houbei class		83 units	since 2004	Missile speedboat

Submarines

Nuclear submarines

Nuclear submarines
class		Ships			Type	image
Type	NATO code name	Identifier	Name (中文)	period of service00	Type	image
091	Han class	401 402 403 404 405	Changzheng 1 (长征 1, "Long March 1") Changzheng 2 (长征 2, "Long March 2") Changzheng 3 (长征 3, "Long March 3") Changzheng 4 (长征 4, "Long March 4") Changzheng 5 (长征 5, "Long March 5")	1974-2000 1980-2004 since 1984 since 1988 since 1991	Hunting submarine
092	Xia class	406	Changzheng 6 (长征 6, "Long March 6")	since 1981	Submarine with ballistic missiles
093 0 093A 0 093B	Shang class	407 408 413 414 415 416 417 418	Changzheng 7 (长征 7, "Long March 7") Changzheng 8 (长征 8, "Long March 8") Changzheng 13 (长征 13, "Long March 13") Changzheng 14 (长征 14, "Long March 14") Changzheng 15 (长征 15, "Long March 15") Changzheng 16 (长征 16, "Long March 16") Changzheng 17 (长征 17, "Long March 17") Changzheng 18 (长征 18, "Long March 18")	since December 2006 since 2007	Hunting submarine
094 0 0 094A	Jin class	409 410 411 412	Changzheng 9 (长征 9, "Long March 9") Changzheng 10 (长征 10, "Long March 10") Changzheng 11 (长征 11, "Long March 11") Changzheng 12 (长征 12, "Long March 12")	since 2007 since 2009	Submarine with ballistic missiles

Conventional submarines

conventional submarines
class		Ships			Type	image
Type	NATO code name	Identifier	Name (中文)	period of service00	Type	image
03	Whiskey class	119 120 121 122 123 127 129 131 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 221 241 243 244 265 266 267	Changcheng 119 (长城 119, "Great Wall 119") Changcheng 120 (长城 120, "Great Wall 120") Changcheng 121 (长城 121, "Great Wall 121") Changcheng 122 (长城 122, "Great Wall 122") Changcheng 123 (长城 123, "Great Wall 123") Changcheng 127 (长城 127, "Great Wall 127") Changcheng 129 (长城 129, "Great Wall 129") Changcheng 131 (长城 131, "Great Wall 131") Changcheng 201 (长城201, "Great Wall 201") Changcheng 202 (长城 202, "Great Wall 202") Changcheng 203 (长城 203, "Great Wall 203") Changcheng 204 (长城 204, "Great Wall 204") Changcheng 205 (长城 205, "Great Wall 205") Changcheng 206 (长城 206, "Great Wall 206") Changcheng 207 (长城 207, "Great Wall 207") Changcheng 221 (长城 221, "Great Wall 221") Changcheng 241 (长城 241, "Great Wall 241 ") Changcheng 243 (长城 243," Great Wall 243 ") Changcheng 244 (长城 244," Great Wall 244 ") Changcheng 265 (长城 265," Great Wall 265 ") Changcheng 266 (长城 266," Great Wall 266 ") Changcheng 267 (长城 267," Great Wall 267 ")	1957–1981 around 1960–1981 around 1960–1981 around 1960–1981 around 1960–1981 around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s around 1960-early 1990s	Hunting submarine
031	Golf class	200	Changcheng 200 (长城 200, "Great Wall 200")		Submarine with ballistic missiles
033 035 0	Romeo class Ming class (modified Romeo class) 0				Hunting submarine
Project 877EKM	Kilo class	364 364	Yuan Zheng 64 Hao (远征 64 号) Yuan Zheng 65 Hao (远征 65 号)	November 10, 1994 August 14, 1995	Hunting submarine
Project 636 0 Project 636M	Kilo II class	366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375	Yuan Zheng 66 Hao Yuan Zheng 67 Hao Yuan Zheng 68 Hao Yuan Zheng 69 Hao Yuan Zheng 70 Hao Yuan Zheng 71 Hao Yuan Zheng 72 Hao Yuan Zheng 73 Hao Yuan Zheng 74 Hao Yuan Zheng 75 Hao	since August 26, 1997 since October 25, 1998 since October 24, 2004 since 2005 since 2005 since 2006 since August 5, 2005 since December 30, 2005 since December 30, 2005	Hunting submarine
039 039G 0 0 0 0 039G1	Song class	320 314 321 322 323 324 315 316 318 327		Class active since 1998	Hunting submarine	0
039A 0 0 0 039B	Yuan class	330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341		since 2006 since 2007 since 2009 since 2010 since 2011 since 2011 since 2011 since 2012 since 2012 since 2012 since 2012 since 2013	Hunting submarine

Anti-mine vehicles

Anti-mine vehicles
class		Ships			Type	image
No.	Surname	No.	Surname	0period of service0	Type	image
082II	Wozang class	808 818 811 814	Huoqiu (霍邱) Kunshan (昆山) Rongcheng (荣城) Donggang (东港)	since 2005 since 2011 since 2016 since 2016
0810 0 0 0 081A	Wochi class	805 810 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 946	Zhangjiagang (張家港) Jingjiang (靖江) Liuyang (瀏陽) Luxi (瀘溪) Xiaoyi (孝義) Taishan (台山) Changshu (常熟) Heshan (鹤山) Qingzhou (青州) Yucheng (禹城)	since March 6, 2007 since November 9, 2007 since July 29, 2007 since July 29, 2007 since February 24, 2012 since August 6, 2012 since May 13, 2013 since October 10, 2013 since January 26, 2014 since October 10, 2014

Landing craft

Landing craft
class		Ships			Type	image
Type	NATO code name	Identifier	Name (中文)	period of service00	Type	image
072	Yukan class	927 928 929	Yuntai Shan (云台山) Wufeng Shan (五峰山) Zijin Shan (紫金山)	since November 1978 since 1980 since 1982	Tank landing ship
072II	Yuting class	930 931 932 933	Lingyan Shan (灵岩山) Dongting Shan (洞庭山) Helan Shan (贺兰山) Liupan Shan (六盘山)		Tank landing ship
072III	Yuting II class	991 934 935 936 937 908 909 939 910 940	Emei Shan (峨眉山) Danxia Shan (丹霞山) Xuefeng Shan (雪峰山) Haiyang Shan (海洋山) Qingcheng Shan (青城山) Yandangshan (雁荡山) Jiuhua Shan (九华山) Putuo Shan (普陀山) Huanggang Shan (黄岗山) Tiantai Shan (天台山)	since September 1992 since September 1995 since December 1995 since May 1996 since August 1996 since 1997 since 2000 since August 2000 since 2001 since 2002	Tank landing ship
072A	Yuting III class	911 912 913 992 993 994 995 996 997 981 982 916 914 915 917	Tianzhu Shan (天柱山) Daqing Shan (大青山) Baxian Shan (八仙山) Huading Shan (华顶山) Luoxiao Shan (罗宵山) Daiyun Shan (戴云山) Wanyang Shan (万羊山) Laotie Shan (老铁山) Lühua Shan (绿华山) Dabie Shan (大别山) Taixing Shan (太兴山) Tianmu Shan (天目山) Wuyi Shan (武夷山) Culai Shan (徂徕山) Wutai Shan (五台山)	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 since May 23, 2015 since October 21, 2015 since January 12, 2016 since May 7, 2016 since May 7, 2016 since May 7, 2016	Tank landing ship
071	Yuzhao class	998 999 989 988 980 987 986	Kunlun Shan (昆仑山) Jinggang Shan (井冈山) Changbai Shan (长白山) Yimeng Shan (沂蒙山) Longhu Shan (龙虎山) Wuzhi Shan (五指山) Nameless nameless	since November 13, 2007 since October 30, 2011 since September 23, 2012 since February 1, 2016 since September 12, 2018 since January 12, 2019 Launched on December 28th, 2018 Launched on June 6th, 2019	Amphibious Transport Dock
075	Yushen class		Nameless nameless	Launched on September 25th, 2019 Launched on April 22nd, 2020	Amphibious assault ship

Auxiliary ships

Supply ships

Supply ships
class		Ships			Type	image
Type	NATO code name	Identifier	Name (中文)	period of service00	Type	image
905	Fuqing class	881 882	Hongzehu (洪泽湖) Poyanghu (鄱阳湖)	since 1980 since 1982	Fleet tanker
908	Fusu class	885	Qinghaihu (青海湖)	since 1999	Fleet supplier
903 0 903A	Fuchi class	886 887 889 890 860 866 864 863	Qiandaohu (千岛湖) Weishanhu (微山湖) Taihu (太湖) Chaohu (巢湖) Dongpinghu (东平湖) Gaoyouhu (高邮湖) Luomahu (骆马湖) Honghu (洪湖)	since April 30, 2004 since 2004 since June 18, 2013 since September 11, 2013 since December 2, 2015 since January 25, 2016 since July 15, 2016 since July 15, 2016	Fleet supplier

Web links

Commons : Ships of the Navy of the People's Republic of China - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Chinese warships at GlobalSecurity.org

Individual evidence

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↑ Ridzwan Rahmat: China Type 054A frigate commissions 23rd into East Sea Fleet. Jane's Information Group , December 30, 2016, archived from the original January 1, 2017 ; accessed on July 6, 2017 .
↑ Andrew Tate: Another Jiangkai II-class frigate enters service with the Chinese navy. Jane's Information Group , June 23, 2017, archived from the original on January 4, 2018 ; accessed on July 6, 2017 .
^ Andrew Tate: Chinese navy commissions 25th Jiangkai II-class frigate. Jane's Information Group , June 30, 2017, archived from the original on January 16, 2018 ; accessed on July 6, 2017 .
↑ Andrew Tate: PLAN inducts Type 054A frigate into North Sea Fleet. Jane's Information Group , February 15, 2018, archived from the original on June 30, 2017 ; accessed on April 28, 2020 (English).
↑ 第 4 艘 071 级坞登舰 2 月 1 日入列东海舰队. photo.sina.com.cn, January 26, 2016, accessed February 24, 2017 (Chinese).
↑ China's Fifth Type 071 LPD 'Longhushan' Commissioned with the PLAN. In: www.navyrecognition.com. September 18, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .
↑ Ridzwan Rahmat: China launches seventh Type 071 LPD. In: www.janes.com. December 31, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .
↑ Andrew Tate: Chinese navy holds launch ceremony for first helicopter carrier. In: www.janes.com. September 25, 2019, accessed on May 1, 2020 .
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[3] Ridzwan Rahmat: China Type 054A frigate commissions 23rd into East Sea Fleet. Jane's Information Group , December 30, 2016, archived from the original January 1, 2017 ; accessed on July 6, 2017 .

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[6] Andrew Tate: PLAN inducts Type 054A frigate into North Sea Fleet. Jane's Information Group , February 15, 2018, archived from the original on June 30, 2017 ; accessed on April 28, 2020 (English).

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[9] Ridzwan Rahmat: China launches seventh Type 071 LPD. In: www.janes.com. December 31, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .

[10] Andrew Tate: Chinese navy holds launch ceremony for first helicopter carrier. In: www.janes.com. September 25, 2019, accessed on May 1, 2020 .

[11] China: Second Type 075 amphibious assault ship launched. In: www.navaltoday.com. April 24, 2020, accessed on May 1, 2020 .