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Tuo Jiang II class catamaran corvette design. ROC navy picture.

Taiwan Starts Construction on Improved Catamaran Corvette & Minelayers

Taiwan started construction on three new catamaran corvettes and four mine layers in an effort to boost its naval forces.

Xavier Vavasseur 26 May 2019

A keel laying ceremony was held at the Lung Teh Shipbuilding Co. on May 24, 2019 for three catamarans corvette of the improved Tuo Jiang II design (a version featuring enhanced air defense) and four mine-laying ships of the Min Jiang class (with an automated system for laying mines).

The ceremony took place in presence of the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Tsai Inwen.

Min Jiang-class mine laying ship design. ROC navy picture.

On December 4, 2018, Taiwanese media confirmed that Lung Teh Shipbuilding won a tender for the construction of 11 improved corvettes. Taiwanese media have dubbed these catamaran corvettes as “aircraft carrier killers”, referencing to the PLA Navy growing carrier force. They have a displacement of 680 tonnes and a top speed of 45 knots. They are fitted with eight subsonic Hsiung Feng-II and eight supersonic Hisung Feng-III anti-ship missiles.

The first of three corvettes should be introduced into the Taiwanese fleet by 2025, and the first of four minelayers by 2021.

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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