The Type 058
minesweeper is a Chinese
riverine minesweeper developed for the
People's Liberation Army Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN; ), also known as the People's Navy, Chinese Navy, or PLA Navy, is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army.
The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chinese ...
(PLAN), and by the early 2010s, it has already been retired from active service from PLAN.
In 1967, PLAN begun development of a class of riverine minesweeper to counter magnetic mines, and it was decided to adopt a low-magnetic hull for the minesweeper, utilizing the manganese-aluminum based low magnetic steel.
The first unit was completed by
Jiangnan Shipyard in 1971,
and subsequently, three more were completed. However, due to the Chinese industrial and technical capability at the time, processing the manganese-aluminum based low magnetic steel to the requirement was extremely difficult and costly,
and after completing four minesweepers, no more units were ordered despite the relatively successful service in PLAN. It was decided to develop a
fiberglass-hulled minesweeper,
Type 7102 minesweeper as a successor of Type 058.
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References
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Minesweepers of the People's Liberation Army Navy