North Sea Fleet
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The North Sea Fleet (NSF) is one of three fleets of the People's Liberation Army Navy. The fleet headquarters is located at Qingdao, with other major naval bases at Lushun and Huludao. The flagship of the fleet is the Harbin, a Luhu class destroyer.
It is the only Chinese fleet that includes nuclear powered submarines: five Han class attack submarines and China's single Xia class ballistic missile submarine, all based at Qingdao.
The NSF has historically received primacy during the allocation of the destroyers and frigates, as its role was to be coastal defence of north east China (including Beijing) against any amphibious attacks by Russia. However, unlike the East and South Sea Fleets, it has not been involved in combat.
[edit] Ships in the fleet
Destroyers
- Jinan (105)
- Xi’an (106)
- Yinchuan (107)
- Xining (108)
- Kaifeng (109)
- Dalian (110)
- Harbin (112)
- Qingdao (113)
Frigates
- Changzhi (519)
- Huangshi (535)
- Wuhu (536)
- Zhoushan (537)
- Dandong (543)
- Siping (544)
- Linfen (545)
Nuclear submarines
- 5 Han class
- 1 Xia class
Diesel-electric submarines
