Chinese C28A Corvette Tests Anti-ship Missiles

A C28A class corvette conducted a test launch of anti-ship missiles recently. 

The ship, with 3,000-ton displacement, is a Chinese-built new generation of warship exported to Algeria. It is part of a three-vessel order signed with China Shipbuilding Trading Co. in 2012 for corvettes, to be outfitted with Chinese and Western systems, Chinese People’s daily reported Wednesday.

Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard started building the vessel in Shanghai in March 2013. C28 stands for 2,800 tons of corvette and the letter A is the initial letter of Algeria.

On Aug. 14, 2015, the first ship of the 3,000-ton corvette which was designed and built by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation started sea trails, which represents the project achieved initial results.

The vessels' weapons include eight C-802 anti-ship missiles, a FM-90N launcher for short-range HQ-7 surface-to-air missiles, an H/PJ-26 76-millimeter main gun, two sets of Type 730 CIWS and two triple-tube 324-millimeter torpedo launchers.

On Sept. 22, 2015, the Algerian Navy commissioned first C28A corvette.