Chinese Aircraft Carriers - Liaoning, Shandong, Fujian and the future

[johncliu88]

Interesting. I don't see any flags hanging up yet, so it should not be ready for sea trial at this moment. But the day will be coming very soon. See below image that shows the flags for sea trail.

 

[Hendarto]

Now on the berth on riverside pier. The first trial is rumored to be on May the 1st

 

[That_Guy]

It feels like the first two carriers were deployed as soon as they were announced, yet with Fujian it feels 20 years have passed and all I see are occasional pictures.

Yes, I'm impatient.

 

[ahtan_china]

Very soon

 

[ENI]

Interesting. I don't see any flags hanging up yet, so it should not be ready for sea trial at this moment. But the day will be coming very soon. See below image that shows the flags for sea trail. View attachment 37064

There is image of signal flags on the Fujian - pointing to sea trials immimently.

 

[Hendarto]

Estimate of Fujian maximum displacement by Horobeyo roughly 90000 ton

So far, I have calculated the waterline length, width, and draft of the 003 Fujian ship based on the existing public information. The square coefficient is temporarily unavailable. Considering that the power and maximum cross-section of 003 are inherited from Liaoning and Shandong, the square coefficient of Liaoning is taken here as Cb=0.62, then the full load displacement: 285.9×39.5×11.3×0.62×1.025=81097 tons Maximum displacement: 290.6×39.7×11.9×0.62×1.025=87247 tons↓↓↓↓ Previous Situation ↓↓↓↓

 

[Hendarto]

As expected the sea trial started today a great day for the Chinese navy!

 

[Hendarto]

The same news from People daily

 

[Hendarto]

Here is the video Fujian pulling out from her berth

 

[Hendarto]

From people daily

China's aircraft carrier Fujian sets out for maiden sea trials

China's aircraft carrier Fujian sets out for maiden sea trials-

english.news.cn

China's aircraft carrier Fujian sets out for maiden sea trials​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-05-01 08:25:45

China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sets out for maiden sea trials from Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard in east China's Shanghai, May 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Yun)
SHANGHAI, May 1 (Xinhua) -- China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, set out for maiden sea trials on Wednesday morning.
The ship left Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard at around 8 a.m. The sea trials will primarily test the reliability and stability of the aircraft carrier's propulsion and electrical systems.

Since its launch in June 2022, the Fujian has completed its mooring trials, outfitting work and equipment adjustments. It has met the technical requirements for sea trials. ■

 

[guangdongt]

China Television is currently broadcasting the entire sea trial of the Fujian aircraft carrier. The last time so many people paid attention to it was China's first aircraft carrier sea trial, and everyone is watching the progress

 

[Hendarto]

Here you can see Fujian move under her power into the open sea. Smoke belching out from the funnel tugboat stands back some distant

 

[guangdongt]

 

[ENI]

Diplomacy with a big D.

A couple more images not yet posted:

 

[ahtan_china]