Take a look at China's fleet of destroyers, including the Type 055, which cost $920 million to build and is considered one of the country's most powerful warships

Marielle DescalsotaSep 27, 2022, 12:02 IST

The first Type 055, Nanchang (101) guided-missile destroyer.Xinhua/Li Tang/Getty Images

The Chinese navy is the largest in the world in terms of number of vessels.
It is estimated that the navy has 41 destroyers across eight classes.

China has the world's largest navy, with more than 355 vessels in its fleet, according to a 2021 report by the United States Naval Institute.

Officers and soldiers of the Chinese naval fleet for escort mission line up on the deck at a port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 28, 2020.Jiang Shan/Xinhua/Getty Images

1. Type 055 (Renhai)

Chinese Type 055 guided-missile destroyer Nanchang takes part in Joint Sea-2021, China and Russia's first joint naval patrol, in the Western Pacific on October 19, 2021.Sun Zifa/China News Service via Getty Images

2. Type 052D(L) (Luyang III)

The Type 052D guided missile destroyer Guiyang participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on April 23, 2019.Mark Schiefelbein/POOL/AFP/Getty Images

3. Type 051C (Louzhou)

The Shijiazhuang (DDG-116), a type 051C missile destroyer arrives in the Russian port city of Vladivostok located near the North Korean border on September 18, 2017.Contributor/STR/AFP/Getty Images

4. Type 052C (Luyang II)

Type 052C destroyer Jinan enters Hong Kong waters from southern Hong Kong.Felix Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images

5. Type 052B (Luyang I)

Chinese destroyer DDG-169 Wuhan is pictured from French Frigate Le Floreal on January 7, 2009.Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

6. Type 051B (Luhai)

Shenzhen (DDG-167), Type 051B Luhai-class destroyer, in Tokyo, Japan on November 2007.viper-zero/iStock/Getty Images

7. Type 052A (Luhu)

China's guided missile destroyer Harbin is escorted into Hong Kong, early 30 April 2004, part of a Task Force visiting the territory.Richard A. Brooks/AFP/Getty Images

8. Type 956E(M) (Sovremenny)

A Sovremenny ship in 1989, before refitting and modifications made by the Chinese navy.Contributor/Corbis Historical/Getty Imnages

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