Type 905 replenishment oiler

The Type 905 (NATO reporting name: Fuqing) is a class of replenishment oiler (AOR) built for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) by the People's Republic of China (PRC). They were the first ships built to perform underway replenishment in the PLAN.^[2]

Four Type 905s were built. The three PLAN ships began entering service by the early 1980s. One was transferred to the Chinese merchant navy in 1989.^[2]^[1] The remainder were likely decommissioned by 2020.^[4] The fourth ship entered service with the Pakistan Navy in 1987.^[5]^[6]

Design

The Type 905 has three replenishment positions on each side; the forward two are for liquids, and the rear is for solids.^[5]

Ships of the class

References

^ a b c d e f g Wertheim 2013, pp. 133–134.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Saunders 2015, p. 161.
^ a b Saunders 2015, p. 160.
^ a b c United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence (19 February 2020). PLA Navy Identification Guide (Report). Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
^ a b c d e f g Saunders 2015, p. 613.
^ a b Wertheim 2013, p. 512.
^ "Fleet Tankers". Pakistan Navy. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

Sources

Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015). Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710631435.
Wertheim, Eric (2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (16 ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1591149545.