The North Sea Fleet is one of three fleets of the People's Liberation Army Navy

People's Liberation Army Navy

The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...

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It includes nuclear powered submarines: five Han class attack submarines and China's single Xia class

Xia class submarine

The 6,500-ton Type 092 Daqingyu submarine was the first ballistic missile-carrying, nuclear-powered submarine class deployed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, and the first SSBN designed and built in Asia...

 ballistic missile submarine

Ballistic missile submarine

A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles .-Description:Ballistic missile submarines are larger than any other type of submarine, in order to accommodate SLBMs such as the Russian R-29 or the American Trident...

, all based at Qingdao

Qingdao

' also known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city with a population of over 8.715 million in eastern Shandong province, Eastern China. Its built up area, made of 7 urban districts plus Jimo city, is home to about 4,346,000 inhabitants in 2010.It borders Yantai to the...

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The NSF has historically received primacy during the allocation of the destroyers and frigates, as its role was to be coastal defence of north east China (including Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

) against any amphibious attacks by Russia. However, unlike the East

East Sea Fleet

The East Sea Fleet was the first naval force formed by the People's Republic of China, on 23 April 1949, and was initially based at Shanghai. It has since been assigned to be part of the People's Liberation Army Navy and its headquarters have been moved to Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, but the fleet...

 and South Sea Fleet

South Sea Fleet

The People's Republic of China's South Sea Fleet was first established in late 1949. The flagship of the SSF is the AOR/AK Nanchang ....

s, it has not been involved in combat.

Major Naval Bases in the Fleet

The fleet headquarters is located at Qingdao

Qingdao

' also known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city with a population of over 8.715 million in eastern Shandong province, Eastern China. Its built up area, made of 7 urban districts plus Jimo city, is home to about 4,346,000 inhabitants in 2010.It borders Yantai to the...

, with other major naval bases at:

• Lushun
• Huludao
  Huludao
  Huludao is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning Province, China. It is one of the two principal cities in the Liaoxi Corridor . Known as Jinxi until 1994, Huludao has a total area of 10,415 square kilometers and a population of 2.87 million, of which some 531,000 live in the city proper...
  
  

Ships in the fleet

The flagship of the fleet is the Harbin, a Luhu class destroyer

Luhu class destroyer

The Type 052 Luhu-class was one of the first modern multi-role guided missile destroyers built by China. There are currently two units in active service with the People's Liberation Army Navy with no plans of further construction of additional units.-History:Designed by the China Warship Design...

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Destroyers

• 2 Luzhou-Class:
  • Shenyang (115)
  • Shijiazhuang (116)
• 2 Luhu-Class:
  • Harbin (112)
  • Qingdao (113)
• 4 Luda-Class (being decommissioned):
  • Yinchuan (107)
  • Xining (108)
  • Kaifeng (109)
  • Dalian (110)

Frigate

Frigate

A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...

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• 3 Jianghu II-Class:
  • Dandong (543)
  • Siping (544)
  • Linfen (545)
• 1 Jianghu-Class:
  • Changzhi (519)

Nuclear submarine

Nuclear submarine

A nuclear submarine is a submarine powered by a nuclear reactor . The performance advantages of nuclear submarines over "conventional" submarines are considerable: nuclear propulsion, being completely independent of air, frees the submarine from the need to surface frequently, as is necessary for...

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• 4 Han-class SSNs:
  • ChangZheng 2 (402)
  • ChangZheng 3 (403)
  • ChangZheng 4 (404)
  • ChangZheng 5 (405)
• 1 Xia-class SSBN:
  • ChangZheng 6 (406)

Diesel-electric submarines

• At least 15, and possibly up to 20 Ming and Romeo
  Romeo class submarine
  The Romeo class is a class of Soviet diesel-electric submarine, built in 1950s. The origin of the Romeo class can be traced to the World War II German Type XXI Elektroboot U-boat. At the end of World War II, the Soviets obtained several Type XXIs, from which they were able to obtain certain key...
  
  submarines

See also

• East Sea Fleet
  East Sea Fleet
  The East Sea Fleet was the first naval force formed by the People's Republic of China, on 23 April 1949, and was initially based at Shanghai. It has since been assigned to be part of the People's Liberation Army Navy and its headquarters have been moved to Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, but the fleet...
  
  
• South Sea Fleet
  South Sea Fleet
  The People's Republic of China's South Sea Fleet was first established in late 1949. The flagship of the SSF is the AOR/AK Nanchang ....
  
  

These three ships belong to China East Sea Fleet

3 Jianghu II-Class:
Dandong (543)
Siping (544)
Linfen (545)

External links

• GlobalSecurity.org
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