January 23, 2017

YUAN 1 - Submarine Table - China's Type 039A/B, 041. Work in progress.

The following Table, based on frequently contradictory Sources, is a work in progress. The ultimate, probably, unattainable aim, is to build a table as complete as the SORYU TABLE

1. Model

2. No.

3. Ship
Yard

4. Launched

5. Commiss
-ioned

6. Fleet serving

Remarks

039A

330

Wuchang1

31 May 2004

2006

East Sea

039A

331

Wuchang2

2007

2009

East Sea

039A

332

Wuchang

2007

2009

East Sea

039A

333

Wuchang

2008

2010

East Sea

039B

334

Wuchang

2010

2011

East Sea

039B

335

Wuchang

2010

2011

East Sea

039B

336

Shanghai?

Changxing

2010

2011

East Sea

039B

337

Shanghai

2011?

2012

East Sea

039B

338

Wuchang

2011?

2012

039B

339

Wuchang

2011?

2012

039B

340

Shanghai?

?

2012

North Sea

039B

341

Shanghai?

?

2012

North Sea

039B

342

Wuchang

Dec 2013?

2015

039B

343

Wuchang

2013/14?

2015

039B

344

Wuchang

Dec? 2016

2017/18?

039B

345

Wuchang

Dec? 2016

2017/18?

039B

346

Wuchang

Dec? 2016

2018/19?

347

348

349

Completing 20 for China

Export

Models

S20P

Wuchang

2023

4 built in China for export to Pakistan

S20P

Wuchang

2023

to Pakistan

S20P

Wuchang

2023

to Pakistan

S20P

Wuchang

2023

to Pakistan

S26T

Wuchang

2026

for Thailand

S26T

Wuchang

2026

for Thailand

S26T

Wuchang

2026

for Thailand

S20P

Karachi shipyard

2028

4 to be built in Pakistan

S20P

Karachi

2028

Pakistan

S20P

Karachi

2028

Pakistan

S20P

Karachi

2028

Pakistan


SOURCES

The most reliable data may be at column 5. “Commissioned”. This is drawn from Page 17, Table 1, “PLA Navy Submarine Commissionings” in Ronald O'Rourke's In China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress, June 17, 2016, Congressional Research Service CRS 7-5700  RL33153 https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33153.pdf  (PDF 10 MB).
Column 3 most Shipyard entries are Wuchangfar northeastern China also Shanghai, Changxing Shipyard, east central coastal China.
- The O'Rourke, CRS Table 1, disagrees with many sources on number of Yuans Commissioned in 2011 and 2012.


China Military Power 2016, Full Title ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS: Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China [April 26] 2016, US DoD,
- submarines mainly at pages 22 and 26, 
- on pages 27 and 72 is the sub-launched YJ-18 (ASCM) (PDF, about 10 MB). 


Capt. Christopher P. Carlson, USN (Retired) Essay: Inside the Design of China’s Yuan-class Submarine, US Naval Institute (USNI) News, August 31, 2015 https://news.usni.org/2015/08/31/essay-inside-the-design-of-chinas-yuan-class-submarine

Right-click mouse to translate Taiwanese source 039A / B meta-level diesel attack submarines http://www.mdc.idv.tw/mdc/navy/china/039ab.htm . Then scroll 1/3 down, after all the photos, to see a Table with model, number, shipyard, launch, commission, fleet. Also see much information with specs and many more details model by model.

Sources: Global Security (January 2017) for some lauch, commission and export details., 

Much analytical information I haven't assessed yet at Submarines: Chinese Kilo Evolves Beyond the Original https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20170121.aspx of January 21, 2016 . With higher estimates of Yuans built and projected.


On 3 Type 039B Yuans being built December 2016 at Wuchang shipyard. See IHS Jane’s, 5 January 2017 http://www.janes.com/article/66691/china-resumes-production-of-yuan-class-submarines

All of these Sources are useful to visit and revisit to build a more accurate Table(s).

Once the Yuans are more settled I'll fill out Tables on China's Mings, Songs, Kilos, the odd Qing, SSNs then SSBNs.

Pete

16 comments:

Nicky said...

Hi Pete,
What do you think China will do with the old Mings and Kilo class SSK's once the Yuan's come online.

Pete said...

Hi Nicky

With the Mings scrapped OR sold/donated to third countries.

The Kilos Russian origin would likely prevent China selling/donating them to a third country. More likely the Kilos, over their 20 year service lives still remaining, will be upgraded, serve and then be scrapped in the 2030s.

Pete

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