Zhoushan was launched on 19 December 2006 at the
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in
Shanghai. Commissioned on 3 January 2008. On July 16, 2009,
Zhoushan,
Xuzhou and
Qiandaohu formed the third batch of the Chinese navy escort fleet, which set sail from
Zhoushan,
Zhejiang Province, to the
Gulf of Aden and
Somalia for escort missions in the sea. The escort lasted 158 days. After completing 53 escort missions and safely escorting 582 Chinese and foreign ships, the formation returned to a military port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province on December 20, 2009.
Zhoushan and others visited
Singapore and
Malaysia on the return voyage, and docked in
Hong Kong from December 14th to 17th, and received more than 7,000 people from all walks of life in Hong Kong. On November 2, 2010,
Zhoushan,
Xuzhou and
Qiandaohu formed the seventh batch of the Chinese navy escort fleet, which set sail from Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, to the Gulf of Aden and Somalia Perform escort missions in the sea. The escort experienced 189 days and nights and a cumulative voyage of more than 110,000 nautical miles.
Zhoushan and others are safely escorting 38 batches of 578 Chinese and foreign ships, escorting 1 ship attacked by pirates, rescued 1 ship attacked by pirates boarding, rescued 9 ships pursued by pirates 6 times, verified and driven away 218 suspicious ships After the second time, she returned to
China on May 9, 2011. During the escort period, the formation successively met and exchanged with the commanders of the
NATO 508 task force and the EU 465 task force. After completing the escort mission,
Zhoushan also visited three African countries including
Tanzania,
South Africa, and
Seychelles, and docked in Singapore. On December 12, 2014,
Zhoushan,
Taizhou,
Zhengzhou,
Yiyang,
Qiandaohu and the electronic reconnaissance ship
Beijixing The ship crossed the
Miyako Strait into the Western Pacific. == Gallery ==