The ageing HMS Sutherland was noted to have required more than 600 structural inserts as part of its refit period.

CNS Luohe, the first ship of the Type 054B that has a hull number "545," was put into service at a military port in Qingdao, ...

The Type 054B/Jiangkai III-class have several differences compared to the earlier Type 054/A guided missile frigates.

Work has begun on a huge hall for the Royal Navy’s next-generation Type 31 frigates – to build two ships side-by-side. Standing at 147 meters long, the hall at Rosyth includes 30-metre high ...

China’s Type 054B frigate marks a new era in naval power, while Japan’s Mogami-class ships push back—are other navies ...

China’s navy has commissioned a new-generation frigate as competition rises with the US and other regional powers, saying the ...

Now that China’s latest frigate has been commissioned with the PLAN, the vessel joins around 233 other warships in the fleet. Beijing achieved yet another naval milestone this week when the Chinese ...

China’s first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, was commissioned into the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) on Wednesday. The ship class, referred to by the U.S. and NATO as the Jiangkai III class, ...

China has commissioned the first of its next-generation Type 054B class of guided-missile frigates. The warship, which has ...

Xiao Liang, a senior hardware researcher in the nation's shipbuilding industry, said that the Type 054B is the largest class of frigate the Navy has ever used, and is almost as large as some of ...

China's first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, is commissioned in the People's Liberation Army Navy on January 22, 2025 at a military port in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province. Photo: Xinhua The ...