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The Republic of China Navy ( ROCN; historically as the Chinese Navy or ROC Navy, colloquially the Taiwanese Navy) is the maritime branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces (ROCAF). [ 5][ 6] The service was formerly commonly just called the Chinese Navy during World War II and prior to the ROC's retreat from the mainland. [ 7]
Tuo Chiang. -class corvette. The Tuo Chiang-class corvette ( Chinese: 沱江; lit. 'Tuo River') is a Taiwanese -designed class of fast (up to 45 knots, 83 km/h, 52 mph) and stealthy multi-mission corvettes built for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy. It is designed to counter the numerous and increasingly sophisticated People's Liberation ...
The ship prefix for ROCN combatants is ROCS (Republic of China Ship); an older usage is CNS (Chinese Navy Ship). ROCN also avoids giving ships hull numbers that add up to or end at "4", as the Chinese pronunciation of the number 4 is close to the pronunciation of "death". This numbering scheme is more apparent on more newly acquired ships.
March 27, 2024 at 5:46 AM. TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising threat from China, which has been ratcheting up its naval and air ...
Taiwan launched an amphibious transport ship Tuesday that's the first from its new naval shipbuilding program begun as China escalates its threats to use military force to annex the island it ...
The La Fayette class (also known as FL-3000 for " Frégate Légère de 3,000 tonnes ", or FLF for Frégate Légère Furtive) is a class of general purpose frigates built by DCNS in the 1980s and 1990s, operated by the French Navy and three other navies. Derivatives of the type are in service in the navies of Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Taiwan .
China sends navy ships and warplanes into the strait and other areas around the island almost daily to wear down Taiwan’s defenses and seek to intimidate its 23 million people, who firmly back ...
ROCN Panshih (AOE-532) shipped at No.3 East Pier of Zuoying Naval Base. The Panshih-class fast combat support ship (磐石級補給艦) [1] is a single-ship class of the Republic of China Navy used to refuel, rearm, and resupply ROC Navy and allied ships. [2] The class is named for Pan Shih mountain in Hualien County .