Type 920 Hospital Ship
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| Career (China) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 866 |
| Ordered: | 1 |
| Builder: | CSIC (Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited) |
| Launched: | 2007 |
| Commissioned: | December 22, 2008 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | appoximately 20,000-23,000 tons |
| Length: | 170 metres |
| Beam: | appoximately 25 metres |
| Propulsion: | twin shaft diesel turbines |
| Complement: | approximately 200 crew, 600 medical team |
| Aircraft carried: | probably Z-8 or Ka-28 |
| Aviation facilities: | hanger |
Type 920 Hospital Ship (Daishandao class or 岱山岛) is a class of Hospital Ship in the People's Liberation Army Navy of the Peoples' Republic of China.
Launched in 2007, China is one a few nations with naval floating hospitals. The single ship of the class has a pennant number 866. The ship is assigned to the East Sea Fleet and based out of Daishandao. The ship has 500 beds and 8 operating theatres.[1]. The ship is unarmed and painted white with red crosses to confirm to the Geneva Convention criteria for a civilian hospital ship.
See also
Other PLAN hospital ships:
- Nankang-class hospital ship - 2 modified Qiongsha class attacck transport ship built in the 1980s; remain in service in the South Sea Fleet[2]
- Shichang - part time hospital ship built in 1997 as multi-role aviation training ship and reclassified as hospital ship/defense mobilization ship[3]
- Ship 865 - converted container ship with modular medical units
