YUAN 1 - Submarine Table - China's Type 039A/B, 041. Work in progress.

The following Table, based on frequently contradictory Sources, is a work in progress. The ultimate, probably, unattainable aim, is to build a table as complete as the SORYU TABLE. 

YUAN SUBMARINE TABLE, Type 039A, 039B or Type 041

 

1. Model	2. No.	3. Ship Yard	4. Launched	5. Commiss -ioned	6. Fleet serving	Remarks
039A	330	Wuchang1	31 May 2004	2006	East Sea
039A	331	Wuchang2	2007	2009	East Sea
039A	332	Wuchang	2007	2009	East Sea
039A	333	Wuchang	2008	2010	East Sea
039B	334	Wuchang	2010	2011	East Sea
039B	335	Wuchang	2010	2011	East Sea
039B	336	Shanghai? Changxing	2010	2011	East Sea
039B	337	Shanghai	2011?	2012	East Sea
039B	338	Wuchang	2011?	2012
039B	339	Wuchang	2011?	2012
039B	340	Shanghai?	?	2012	North Sea
039B	341	Shanghai?	?	2012	North Sea
039B	342	Wuchang	Dec 2013?	2015
039B	343	Wuchang	2013/14?	2015
039B	344	Wuchang	Dec? 2016	2017/18?
039B	345	Wuchang	Dec? 2016	2017/18?
039B	346	Wuchang	Dec? 2016	2018/19?
	347
	348
	349					Completing 20 for China
Export	Models
S20P		Wuchang		2023		4 built in China for export to Pakistan
S20P		Wuchang		2023		to Pakistan
S20P		Wuchang		2023		to Pakistan
S20P		Wuchang		2023		to Pakistan
S26T		Wuchang		2026		for Thailand
S26T		Wuchang		2026		for Thailand
S26T		Wuchang		2026		for Thailand
S20P		Karachi shipyard		2028		4 to be built in Pakistan
S20P		Karachi		2028		Pakistan
S20P		Karachi		2028		Pakistan
S20P		Karachi		2028		Pakistan

SOURCES

The most reliable data may be at column 5. “Commissioned”. This is drawn from Page 17, Table 1, “PLA Navy Submarine Commissionings” in Ronald O'Rourke's In China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress, June 17, 2016, Congressional Research Service CRS 7-5700  RL33153 https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33153.pdf  (PDF 10 MB).

- Column 3 most Shipyard entries are Wuchang, far northeastern China also Shanghai, Changxing Shipyard, east central coastal China.

- The O'Rourke, CRS Table 1, disagrees with many sources on number of Yuans Commissioned in 2011 and 2012.

China Military Power 2016, Full Title ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS: Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China [April 26] 2016, US DoD,

 https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2016%20China%20Military%20Power%20Report.pdf

- submarines mainly at pages 22 and 26, 

- on pages 27 and 72 is the sub-launched YJ-18 (ASCM) (PDF, about 10 MB). 

Capt. Christopher P. Carlson, USN (Retired) Essay: Inside the Design of China’s Yuan-class Submarine, US Naval Institute (USNI) News, August 31, 2015 https://news.usni.org/2015/08/31/essay-inside-the-design-of-chinas-yuan-class-submarine

Right-click mouse to translate Taiwanese source 039A / B meta-level diesel attack submarines http://www.mdc.idv.tw/mdc/navy/china/039ab.htm . Then scroll 1/3 down, after all the photos, to see a Table with model, number, shipyard, launch, commission, fleet. Also see much information with specs and many more details model by model.

Sources: Global Security (January 2017) for some lauch, commission and export details., 

Much analytical information I haven't assessed yet at Submarines: Chinese Kilo Evolves Beyond the Original https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20170121.aspx of January 21, 2016 . With higher estimates of Yuans built and projected.

On S26T http://www.janes.com/article/66998/thailand-aims-to-operate-fleet-of-three-submarines-by-2026.

On 3 Type 039B Yuans being built December 2016 at Wuchang shipyard. See IHS Jane’s, 5 January 2017 http://www.janes.com/article/66691/china-resumes-production-of-yuan-class-submarines

All of these Sources are useful to visit and revisit to build a more accurate Table(s).

Once the Yuans are more settled I'll fill out Tables on China's Mings, Songs, Kilos, the odd Qing, SSNs then SSBNs.

Pete