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Southern Theater Command Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy's jack and ensign
Active	1949–present
Country	People's Republic of China
Allegiance	Communist Party of China
Branch	People's Liberation Army Navy
Type	Naval fleet
Garrison/HQ	Yulin Naval Base, China
Commanders
Current commander	Wang Hai

The Southern Theater Command Navy (Chinese: 南部战区海军), or the South Sea Fleet (SSF; Chinese: 南海舰队) is one of the three fleets of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, operating in the South China Sea under the Southern Theater Command. It is headquartered in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. The flagship of the SSF is the AOR/AK Nanchang (953).

Initially, the fleet's strength consisted mostly of former Kuomintang ships and personnel, which either defected or were captured by the People's Liberation Army. One of three fleets of the People's Liberation Army Navy, the SSF's duties were to protect the city of Guangzhou and the Pearl River regions, and support the PLA in capturing islands that were still in the hands of the Kuomintang forces. The fleet's development has been slow, because most of China's shipbuilding industry is located on the northern or eastern coasts. In the 1970s the fleet underwent a major buildup, due to conflict in the Paracel Islands and other reefs in the South China Sea. In 1974, the SSF took the Paracel Islands from South Vietnam, which resulted in the sinking of one South Vietnamese frigate while damaging another. The latest incident was in 1988, when a Chinese naval task force engaged Vietnamese naval forces, sinking one Vietnamese warship and damaging another.

Most of the fleet's surface ships are located at Zhanjiang naval base, while all of the fleet's submarines are at Yulin Naval Base, on Hainan Island. The SSF has many other bases included Guangzhou, Haikou, Shantou, Mawei, and Beihai, while naval air force bases are at Lingshui, Haikou, Sanya, Zhanjiang, and Guiping. The fleet's area of operations is divided into six zones.

Major Naval Bases in the Fleet

The fleet headquarters was, at first, at Guangzhou, but was later relocated to Zhanjiang.

• 
  Yulin Naval Base, Hainan Island
  


• Guangzhou


• Haikou


• Shantou


• Mawei


• Beihai


• 
  Stonecutters Island, Hong Kong - People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison
  

Naval air force bases:

• Lingshui


• Haikou


• Sanya


• Zhanjiang


• Guiping

Ships in the fleet

The aircraft carrier Liaoning in the East China Sea in December 2016

A Jiangkai-Class Frigate in action in Nan Hai

Aircraft carrier

• 1 Kuznetsov-class:
  
  • 
    Liaoning (16)
  
  

Destroyers:

• 4 Type 052D/Kunming/Luyang III-class:
  
  
  
  • 
    Kunming (172)
  
  
  • 
    Changsha (173)
  
  
  • 
    Hefei (174)
  
  
  • 
    Yinchuan (175)
  
  
  
  


• 2 Type 052C/Lanzhou/Luyang II-class:
  
  
  
  • 
    Lanzhou (170)
  
  
  • 
    Haikou (171)
  
  
  
  


• 2 Type 052B/Guangzhou/Luyang-class:
  
  
  
  • 
    Guangzhou (168)
  
  
  • 
    Wuhan (169)
  
  
  
  


• 1 Type 051B/Luhai-class:
  
  • 
    Shenzhen (167)
  
  


• 2 Type 051/Luda-class:
  
  
  
  • 
    Zhanjiang (165)
  
  
  • 
    Zhuhai (166)
  
  
  
  

Frigates:

• 8 Jiangkai-class II:
  
  
  
  • 
    Huangshan (570)
  
  
  • 
    Chaohu (568)
  
  
  • 
    Yuncheng (571)
  
  
  • 
    Yulin (569)
  
  
  • 
    Hengshui (572)
  
  
  • 
    Liuzhou (573)
  
  
  • 
    Sanya (574)
  
  
  • 
    Yueyang (575)
  
  
  
  


• 3 Jiangwei II-class:
  
  
  
  • 
    Yichang (564)
  
  
  • 
    Huaihua (566)
  
  
  • 
    Xiangyang (567)
  
  
  
  


• 6 Jianghu V-class:
  
  
  
  • 
    Beihai (558)
  
  
  • 
    Kangding (559)
  
  
  • 
    Dongguan (560)
  
  
  • 
    Shantou (561)
  
  
  • 
    Jiangmen (562)
  
  
  • 
    Foshan (563)
  
  
  
  

Corvettes:

• 12 Jiangdao-class:
  
  
  
  • 
    Meizhou (584)
  
  
  • 
    Baise (585)
  
  
  • 
    Jieyang (587)
  
  
  • 
    Qingyuan (589)
  
  
  • 
    Luzhou (592)
  
  
  • 
    Zhuzhou (594)
  
  
  • 
    Chaozhou (595)
  
  
  • 
    Suqian (504)
  
  
  • 
    Jingmen (506)
  
  
  • 
    Tongren (507)
  
  
  • 
    Qujing (508)
  
  
  • 
    Liupanshui (514)
  
  
  
  

Diesel-Electric submarines:

• 8 Ming-class
  

Landing ships:

• 3 Yuzhao-class LPD:
  
  
  
  • 
    Kunlun Shan (998)
  
  
  • 
    Jinggang Shan (999)
  
  
  • 
    Changbai Shan (989)
  
  
  
  


• 6 Yuting III-class LST:
  
  
  
  • 
    Huading Shan (992)
  
  
  • 
    Luoxiao Shan (993)
  
  
  • 
    Daiyun Shan (994)
  
  
  • 
    Wanyang Shan (995)
  
  
  • 
    Laotie Shan (996)
  
  
  • 
    Lühua Shan (997)
  
  
  
  


• 1 Yuting II-class LST:
  
  • 
    Emei Shan (992)
  
  


• 3 Yuting-class LST:
  
  
  
  • 
    Dongting Shan (931)
  
  
  • 
    Helan Shan (932)
  
  
  • 
    Liupan Shan (933)
  
  
  
  


• 4 Yudao-Class LSMs
  

Replenishment ships:

• 1 Fusu-class
  
  • 
    Qinghaihu (885)
  
  


• 3 Fuchi-class
  
  
  
  • 
    Weishanhu (887)
  
  
  • 
    Honghu (963)
  
  
  • 
    Luomahu (964)
  
  
  
  


• 5 Dayun-class
  
  
  
  • 
    Jingpohu (884)
  
  
  • 
    Dongtinghu (883)
  
  
  • 
    Fuxianhu (888)
  
  
  • 
    Junshanhu (961)
  
  
  • 
    Luguhu (962)
  
  
  
  

Auxiliary ships:

• 6 Qiongsha-class troop transport ships:
  
  
  
  • NY830
  
  
  • NY831
  
  
  • NY832
  
  
  • NY833
  
  
  • NY834
  
  
  • NY835
  
  
  
  


• 1 hospital ship

See also

• 
  People's Liberation Army Navy
  
  
  
  • North Sea Fleet
  
  
  • East Sea Fleet
  
  
  
  


• 
  Nanyang Fleet (Southern Seas Fleet), Fujian Fleet and Guangdong Fleet were the predecessor fleets of the Qing navy

References

External links

• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/south-sea.htm