The new ship’s rapid production rate underscores China’s commitment to building a navy that completely outmatches the US Navy ...

In addition to China's newest class, the Type 055, there are six other locally made active destroyer classes: Type 052A, Type 051B, Type 051C, Type 052B, Type 052C, and Type 052D(L), per a 2018 ...

Type 052C Lanzhou Class Destroyers are 7,100 ton ships that first appeared ... Around the same time two Type 051C destroyers appeared. About the same size and displacement as the 052Cs but did not use ...

China has fourteen classes of warships in the works. These include; Type 051C, Shenyang Class Destroyer. These 7,200 ton ships are mainly for air defense. Type 052C, Lanzhou Class Destroyer. These ...

The Type 051C guided-missile destroyer Shijiazhuang (Hull 116) attached to a flotilla of the Chinese PLA Navy releases jamming shells during a combat training exercise in late February ...

The last two destroyers in the Type 051 class, the first generation of guided-missile destroyers developed and built by China, have recently been decommissioned in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province.

China’s first Type 055 (Renhai)-class destroyer entered service with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) on 12 January: an occasion marked by a long-anticipated commissioning ceremony ...