The report below also speaks of the purchase 056 Corvettes by BN. Well, it was a confirmed report, and it is now more confirmed. Click the link below to see a beautiful picture of this ship taken from air.
Chinese Navy's New Type 056 Corvette under sea trial | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Chinese Navy's New Type 056 Corvette under sea trial
Photo Source: Chinese Internet
The Type 056 corvette is a new Chinese light warship that entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy in 2012 as a replacement for the Jianghu class frigate and the Type 037 series of patrol vessels.
The Type 056 has a stealthy hull design with sloped surface and a reduced superstructure clutter. There is a helipad at the stern but has no organic helicopter support facilities.
Currently there are 10 under construction and some of these will be stationed in Hong Kong. Another report indicated that the Bangladesh Navy has ordered 2 of these ships as well.
China rolled out new warships like hot cakes.....and I never seen such a large number of new military machines being developed by China before.. their speed of development are just stunning. In the last 6 months I was surprised to see:
1). Space Docking of the first Chinese Space Station, including the 1st Chinese female Taikonaut in space.
2). Test flight of the 2nd stealth fighter J-31
3). Commissioning of the first Chinese Carrier CV-16.
4). J-15 successfully landed on the CV-16.
I believe that China's defense industrial has finally reached a turning point after years of trial and error....