Name Kunlun Shan Laid down June 2006 Construction started June 2006 Length 210 m Displacement 22.68 million kg | Ordered ? Commissioned 30 November 2007 Launched 21 December 2006 Weight 25,400 tons Beam 28 m | |
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Operator People's Liberation Army Navy Builder Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard | ||
Kunlun shan 998 amphibious transport dock qiandaohu 886 replenishment ship
Kunlun Shan (998) is the lead ship of the People's Republic of China's Type 071 amphibious transport dock Yuzhao class. The ship was laid down in the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai in June 2006 and was launched on 21 December 2006. After finishing trials the ship was commissioned to the South Sea Fleet on 30 November 2007, at Zhanjiang Naval Base. Its estimated production cost is USD 300 million .
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On 9 March 2014, the ship was deployed in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
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