Qiongsha class transport and logistic ship (Chinese Internet)
The Qiongsha class is the name given by NATO to the six troop transport ships introduced by the PLA Navy in the early 1980s. Similar to small passenger liners in appearance, the Qiongsha class were designed as a transport and logistic vessel in support of PLA troops stationed on the PRC-occupied islands in the South China Sea. The 2,150t vessel is equipped with two small landing crafts to unload troops and cargo, but cannot directly land troops on shore. All six hulls (Nanyun 830~835) were built in Guangzhou and are serving with the South Sea Fleet.
In the early 1990s, the PLA Navy converted one of the Qiongsha class into a hospital ship. The vessel (hull Nanyun 832) was painted in white with the red cross painted on its funnel. At least another hull (Nanyun 833) has been subsequently converted into the same role.
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Hull 832 has been converted into a hospital ship (Chinese Internet)
South Sea Fleet
NY830
NY831
NY832*
NY833*
NY834
NY835
* Converted into hospital ships
One of the hospital ship now carries a new hull number Nanyi 09 (Chinese Internet)
