The first Chinese Type 054B frigate started training exercises less than two months after being put into service.

will see assault ships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, which have both been flagships, decommissioned. He said the ageing Type 23 frigate HMS Northumberland was beyond economic repair and would be ...

According to Xinhua, the "new-generation frigate" represents "a key asset ... or ultra-valuable assets such as aircraft carriers or amphibious assault vessels, against submarine threats.