New 50,000 tonnes Replenishment Vessel

[Shotgunner51]

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[Khafee]

Any details / specification?

 

[Shotgunner51]

Any details / specification?

I am not a navy pro so let's await for other posters to fill in more info. Not sure whether it's a Type 901 or Type 898.

For Type 898:

 

[帅的一匹]

What a great ship!

 

[scherz]

What a great ship!

A great ship for a great Nation

 

[Khafee]

I am not a navy pro so let's await for other posters to fill in more info. Not sure whether it's a Type 901 or Type 898.

For Type 898:

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In English Please???

Any idea of cost?

 

[Shotgunner51]

In English Please???

Any idea of cost?

Please check these:

New PLAN replenishment ship type emerges | IHS Jane's 360
Giant New Supply Ship Extends China's Reach At Sea | Popular Science

On costs haven't found any sources yet. My personal estimation is slightly higher than 071 LPD which is around $300 million.

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Giant New Supply Ship Extends China's Reach At Sea | Popular Science

Type 901 takes shape

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer Posted December 8, 2015

The Chinese Navy is getting ready to accept the first in a class of fast, giant resupply ships that will refuel, resupply, and rearm its aircraft carriers and destroyers on the high seas. The Type 901 class is being built at the Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) Longxue. Thirty-one-and-a-half meters wide and over 200 meters long, the first Type 901 class supply ship will have a full displacement of around 40,000-45,000 tons. That's a similar size to the U.S. Navy's 49,000-ton Supply class replenishment ships, which can carry over 17,000 tons of jet and ship fuel, and 1950 tons of ammunition.

The Type 901 is thought to have 4 gas turbine engines, which would give it a top speed of around 25 knots, enabling it to keep pace with Chinese aircraft carriers like the Liaoning. It will have up to five resupply gantries located midship, each of which can deploy palletized ammunition and supplies via cables, or fuel lines. This will allow the Type 901 to replenish multiple warships simultaneously while under sail, a key capability for modern navies. It will also be able to operate helicopters and drones from its helipad and hangar. While not a combat ship, it is expected, like US Navy ships, to carry some weapons for self-defense, most likely 30mm auto-cannons used in an air defense, anti-missile role.

The Type 901 will offer a great leap in capacity over the current 25,000-ton Type 903A Qiandaohu, of which the PLAN has eight. The Type 901's larger supply carrying capacity means that it can refuel and rearm Chinese warships, including destroyers and carriers, in combat operations far from the Chinese mainland. Also, its larger size gives the Type 901 a greater range than its predecessor, thus reducing the need for foreign facilities to refuel and replenish, both for the Type 901 and the warships it supports. While China's interest in building long-range carriers, destroyers and submarines and leasing foreign bases (like Djibouti) are getting a lot of attention, Beijing is also clearly at work solving the logistics challenges needed to make the PLAN a true global power.

 

[I S I]

I am not a navy pro so let's await for other posters to fill in more info. Not sure whether it's a Type 901 or Type 898.

For Type 898:

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Holy F the size of that thing.


Yeah, thats what she said.

 

[Echo_419]

直击国产5万吨超大型补给舰出坞_网易军事

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Most Impressive

 

[Beast]

The CGI picture is hopelessly wrong. I hope they can quickly come out with a new update and correct one.

 

[BoQ77]

title said 50,000 ton that never shown in the content which estimate 40,000-45,000.

So 50,000 is between 40,000 and 45,000

 

[Shotgunner51]

title said 50,000 ton that never shown in the content which estimate 40,000-45,000.

So 50,000 is between 40,000 and 45,000

Title and post 1 from Netease.com (5万吨超大型补给舰), post 7 from Popsci.com, both guesstimates, neither confirmed by official sources. Nice try but lame troll, at least click the links next time.

 

[cnleio]

Its name is type901, China building such big replenishment vessel just to support future PLAN Aircraft Carrier Strick Group.

 

[BoQ77]

Title and post 1 from Netease.com (5万吨超大型补给舰), post 7 from Popsci.com, both guesstimates, neither confirmed by official sources. Nice try but lame troll, at least click the links next time.

See your post #7, it said 40,000-45,000
Link in post #1 is in Chinese

 

[terranMarine]

See your post #7, it said 40,000-45,000
Link in post #1 is in Chinese

You have a problem with Chinese source guessing it's 50.000 while the English source estimates 40.000-45000 when no details has been officially published?