CBSC(Taiwan shipbuilder) lays keel for 1st LPD for ROCN

Haijun watcher · Post by **Haijun watcher** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:19 pm

Taiwan�s CSBC Lays Keel for ROC Navy�s First LPD

Taiwan�s naval shipbuilder China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC) held a keel laying ceremony for the country's first ever indigenous landing platform dock (LPD) on June 9, 2020. The 10,000 tons amphibious vessel is set to be delivered to the Republic of China Navy (ROC or Taiwan Navy) in April 2022.
Xavier Vavasseur 11 Jun 2020
Admiral Liu Zhibin, Commander of the ROC Navy, and CSBC�s Chairman Zheng Wenlong co-chaired the keel laying ceremony. CSBC received a contract (valued at 4.6 billion Taiwan Dollars) for the vessel, which has been ordered to fulfil the ROC Navy amphibious assault requirements, in April 2018. Its construction (first steel cut and assembly of first two blocks) apparently started as early as 2019. A total of two units are expected to be produced as part of the �Hongyun Project� for a cost of NT$ 18 billion.
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