Naval Vessels Naming Regulation

The Naval Vessels Naming Regulation (Chinese: 海军舰艇命名条例; pinyin: Hǎijūn Jiàntǐng Mìngmíng Tíaolì) is the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's regulation for naming its vessels. The regulation was published on 18 November 1978, and updated on 10 July 1986^[1] and in 2022.^[2]

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Type	Namesakes	Examples
Aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships	Province-level administrative divisions	Liaoning, Sichuan
Destroyers	Provincial capitals, sub-provincial cities, large cities, and prefecture-level divisions associated with the party and military	Nanchang, Lhasa, Xiamen
Frigates	Other prefecture-level divisions and county-level divisions associated with the party and military	Zhoushan, Xianning
Submarine chasers, missile boats, mine warfare vessels	County-level divisions	Qufu, Liuyang
Amphibious warfare ships	Mountains^[1]	Kunlun Shan, Taihang Shan

Type	Namesakes	Examples
Nuclear submarines	Changzheng (Chinese: 长征; pinyin: Chángzhēng; lit. 'Long March') followed by a serial number^[1]	Long March 21
Conventional submarines	Changcheng (Chinese: 长城; pinyin: Chángchéng; lit. 'Great Wall') followed by a serial number^[1]	Great Wall 346

Type	Namesakes	Examples
Reconnaissance ships	Celestial objects	Uranus
Underwater acoustic monitoring ships	Rivers	N/A
Rescue boats, repair ships, semi-submersibles and replenishment ships	Lakes^[1]	Weishanhu, Yinmahu
Oceanographic survey ships, research ships	Historical Chinese scientists	Zhu Kezhen
Training ships	Historical Chinese navigators, national heroes, or nouns and phrases with [maritime] symbolism	Zheng He, Qi Jiguang
Hospital ships	Symbolic nouns and phrases	Peace Ark
Other auxiliaries	The name of the operating area and function followed by a serial number^[1]	Nan-Yun 832, Dong-Bo 24

Naval Vessels Naming Regulation

Naming Convention

Surface Combatants

Submarines

Auxiliaries

References

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