Lungteh Shipbuilding (also spelled Lung Teh or Longde,[1] Chinese: 龍德造船) is a Taiwanese ship and boat builder headquartered in Yilan County.
History
Lungteh was established in 1979.[2]
In 2018 Lungteh won a contract to produce eleven Tuo Chiang Block II corvette and four minelayers for the Taiwanese Navy.[3]
Lungteh exhibited at IDEX in 2019 alongside other Taiwanese defense companies.[4]
In 2019 Lungteh Shipbuilding launched an 80-ton 28m long high speed catamaran research and test vessel named Glorious Star (光榮之星) for the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology.[5]
On May 24, 2019 Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen visited Lungteh to highlight the mass production of the Tuo Chiang Block II corvette, dubbed a carrier killer by the press. She gave a speech about asymmetrically countering China’s military with smart military procurement and technological innovation.[6]
In August 2020 they launched the first of four high speed minelayers ordered by the Taiwanese Navy.[7] Class delivery was completed in December 2021.[8]
Operations
Lungteh has five production facilities in Yilan county and offices in Taipei and Singapore.[9]
Lungteh has produced fast ferries, wind farm supply vessels,[10][11] coastal patrol craft, high speed special forces craft,[12] fireboats, and pilot boats.
Lungteh is a partner in producing the Multipurpose Assault Craft series of combat boats for the Philippine Navy. The series had four variants as of 2018.[13]
In cooperation with ST Engineering Lungteh has produced the Venus 16 unmanned surface vehicle.[14]
Along with NCSIST Lungteh has produced the Hui Long-class UUV.[15]
See also
- List of companies of Taiwan
- Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company
- CSBC Corporation, Taiwan
- Defense industry of Taiwan
- Maritime industries of Taiwan
References
- ^ Strong, Matthew. "Taiwan launches military test ship". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Shipbuilding industry in Chinese Taipei" (PDF). www.oecd.org. OECD Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6). Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ Everington, Keoni. "Taiwanese domestic shipbuilder gets bid to build 11 corvettes, 4 minelayers". taiwannews.com. Taiwan News.
- ^ Lo Tien-pin and, Jake Chung. "Taiwanese weaponry touted at IDEX". taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Strong, Matthew. "Taiwan launches military test ship". Taiwan News. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Chung, Lawrence. "Taiwan begins mass production of home-grown missile corvettes, minelayers". scmp.com. South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Yun-yu, Chen; Hsu, Elizabeth. "Taiwan Navy launches first locally-built rapid mine-laying vessel". focustaiwan.tw. Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ Chen, Kelvin. "Taiwan Navy receives final pair of rapid mine-laying ships". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "About Us". lts.com.tw. Lungteh Shipyards. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Morgan, Scott. "Taiwan's first wind powered boat launched in central Taiwan". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "TIPM Establishes CTV Crew Training Co-Op with NOS". offshorewind.biz. offshorewind.biz. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Rahmat, Ridzwan. "Kaohsiung Maritime 2018: NCSIST, Lung Teh team up on stealthy assault craft concept". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Morgan, Scott. "Philippine Navy successfully tests fires first-ever missile". taiwannews.com. Taiwan News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Yeo, Mike. "Singapore's navy tests a new layer of surveillance: unmanned vessels". defensenews.com. Defense News. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Newdick, Thomas. "Our Best Look At Taiwan's New Uncrewed 'Smart Dragon' Submarine". twz.com. The War Zone. Retrieved 29 October 2024.