The new warship of Chinese Navy. A China Daily photo
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Jul 19, 2011 brahmand.com
BEIJING (BNS): The Chinese Navy has launched its largest amphibious warship ‘Jinggangshan’ in Shanghai, according to media reports.
The vessel is the second Type 071 dock landing ship and has been built by the Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard.
The warship was officially launched in Shanghai, the official China Daily said Tuesday quoting media reports.
The reports did not specify the ship’s launch date.
China had launched its first Type 071 dock landing ship, named Kunlunshan, in December 2006. The ship has a water displacement of 18,000 tons.
The latest warship, ‘Jinggangshan’, is 210 meters long and 28 meters wide and has a water displacement of 19,000 tons. It can carry helicopters, armoured fighting vehicles, boats and landing craft as well as nearly 1,000 soldiers, the news report said quoting the Jiangxi Daily.
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