North Sea Fleet

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

It includes nuclear powered submarines: five Han class attack submarines and China's single Xia class submarine ballistic missile submarine, all based at Qingdao.

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) against any amphibious attacks by Russia. however, unlike the East and South Sea Fleets, it has not been involved in combat.

Major Naval Bases in the Fleet

The fleet headquarters is located at Qingdao, with other major naval bases at:

• Lushun
• Huludao

Ships in the fleet

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

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)

Frigates

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

Nuclear submarines

• 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 submarines

See also

• East Sea Fleet
• South Sea Fleet

These three ships belong to China East Sea Fleet

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

External links

• GlobalSecurity.org
• SinoDefence.com