China's first Type 055 10,000-ton-class destroyer, the Nanchang, which was launched eight years ago on June 28, 2017, had ...

The 180-meter long, 20-meter wide Type 055 class is a development of the Type 052D Luyang III-class guided-missile destroyer, but is about a third bigger than the latter.

Its most powerful destroyer class, the Type 055 or Renhai, cost $920 million per unit to build. China has the world's largest navy, with more than 355 vessels in its fleet, according to a 2021 ...

China's navy has a menacing new addition to its naval fleet: the Type 055 class guided missile destroyer. The destroyer is the most modern and potent surface combatant in China's navy, officially ...

Nanchang , China’s first Type 055-class destroyer, was commissioned into the PLAN in a ceremony held on 12 January at the Xiaokouzi naval base south of Qingdao.

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has commissioned its second Type 055 (Renhai)-class guided-missile destroyer, according to reports by Chinese state-owned media published on 7 March.

Chinese Navy conducts military drills. As a report by China’s state-owned Global Times, the Chinese Navy deployed the Type 055 Renhai-class destroyer for three different military drills in the ...

U.S. Navy’s upcoming Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers will measure roughly 90 feet less in length than the Type 055 ships and displace approximately 1,500 tons less.

China's new Type 055 destroyer rivals the capabilities of the US's aging Ticonderoga class and may exceed it in threatening other ships.