Type 910 weapon trials ship (NATO reporting name: Shupang AGE[1]) is a type of very little known auxiliary ship built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN),[2][3] [4][5]and it is a follow-on of earlier Type 909A weapon trials ship, which in turn, is a follow-on of Type 909 weapon trials ship built earlier.[2]Developed from Type 909A, Type 910 is larger and has longer endurance/range, so it can take longer missions when conducting weapon and sensors trials. Specification: [2]
- Length: 129.3 meter
- Beam: 17 meter
- Displacement: 6080 ton
- Endurance: 5000 nautical miles
As of 2022, a total of four ships have been identified: [2][3][4][5]
Type | NATO designation | Pennant No. | Name (English) |
Name (Han 中文) |
Commissioned | Displacement | Fleet | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type 910 weapon trials ship (AVM/AGM) | Dahua-II class | 893 | Zhan Tianyou | 詹天佑 | 2012 | 6080 t | All fleets | Active |
894 | Li Siguang | 李四光 | 2014 | 6080 t | All fleets | Active | ||
895 | Wu Yunduo | 吴运铎 | 2018 | 6080 t | All fleets | Active | ||
896 | Huang Weilu | 黄纬禄 | After 2018 | 6080 t | All fleets | Active |
References
- ^ United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence (April 2024). "China People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN): 2024 Recognition and Identification Guide". Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Type 910" (in Simplified Chinese). June 15, 2020.
- ^ a b "Type 910 weapon trials ship" (in Simplified Chinese). May 22, 2017.
- ^ a b "Type 910 AVM/AGM" (in Traditional Chinese). March 10, 2019.
- ^ a b "Type 910 AGM/AVM". Sohu (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved March 13, 2022.