The Type 905 (
NATO reporting name: ''Fuqing'') is a class of
replenishment oiler (AOR) built for the
People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) by the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(PRC). They were the first ships built to perform
underway replenishment
Replenishment at sea (RAS) ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Commonwealth of Nations) or underway replenishment (UNREP) ( U.S. Navy) is a method of transferring fuel, munitions, and stores from one ship to another while under way. First devel ...
in the PLAN.
Four Type 905s were built. The three PLAN ships began entering service by the early-1980s. One was transferred to the Chinese
merchant navy in 1989. The remainder were likely decommissioned by 2020.
The fourth ship entered service with the
Pakistan Navy in 1987.
Design
The Type 905 has three replenishment positions on each side; the forward two are for liquids, and the rear is for solids.
Ships of the class
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Auxiliary replenishment ship classes
Fuqing-class replenishment ships