North Sea Fleet
North Sea Fleet | |
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Active | 1950–Present |
Country |
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Branch | People's Liberation Army Navy |
Type | Fleet |
Part of | People's Liberation Army Navy Fleet |
Garrison/HQ | Qingdao Naval Base |
The North Sea Fleet (NSF) is one of three fleets of the People's Liberation Army Navy. In September 1950 the PLA Second Field Army XI redesignated the Qingsdao Army Base as a naval base. Following the departure of the Soviet Navy from Port Arthur, the Qingdao Sea Fleet was established in 1960 and later renamed North Sea Fleet.
It includes nuclear-powered submarines: five Han class attack submarines and China's single Xia class submarine 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 never been involved in combat.
Major Naval Bases in the Fleet
The fleet headquarters is located at Qingdao, with other major naval bases at:
Ships in the fleet
The flagship of the fleet is the Harbin (112), a Luhu class destroyer.
- 2 Luzhou-Class:
- Shenyang (115)
- Shijiazhuang (116)
- 2 Luhu-Class:
- Harbin (112)
- Qingdao (113)
- 2 Luda-Class
- Kaifeng (109)
- Dalian (110)
- 4 Jiangkai II-Class:
- Yantai (538)
- Yancheng (546)
- Linyi (547)
- Weifang (550)
- 3 Jiangwei II-Class:
- Huludao (565)
- Luoyang (527)
- Mianyang (528)
- 1 Jianghu III-Class:
- Changzhou (537)
- 4 Jiangdao-Class:
- Datong (580)
- Yingkou (581)
- Weihai (590)
- Fushun (591)
- 4 Han-class SSNs:
- ChangZheng 2 (402)
- ChangZheng 3 (403)
- ChangZheng 4 (404)
- ChangZheng 5 (405)
- 1 Xia-class SSBN:
- ChangZheng 6 (406)
Diesel-electric submarines
- At least 15, and possibly up to 20 Ming and Romeo submarines
- 2 Yuting III-class LST:
- Tianzhu Shan (911)
- Daqing Shan (912)
- 3 Yuting II-class LST:
- Yandang Shan (908)
- Jiuhua Shan (909)
- Huanggang Shan (910)
See also
- East Sea Fleet
- South Sea Fleet
- Beiyang Fleet the Northern Seas Fleet of the Qing navy from 1875-1898
References
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