Type 919 hospital ship

The Type 919 hospital ship is a type of hospital ship (AH) built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).[1][2][3] Type 919 hospital ship has received NATO reporting name Anshen class (Chinese: 安神).[4][5][6][7] Two ships have been built by end of 2021.

Class overview
Operators People's Liberation Army Navy
General characteristics
TypeHospital ship
Displacement4000 – 5000 tons
PropulsionMarine Diesel
Electronic warfare
& decoys
None
ArmamentUnarmed
ArmourNone
Aircraft carriedNone
Aviation facilitieshelipad

Displaced more than four thousand tons when fully loaded, Type 919 hospital ship is designed to fill the gap between smaller Qiongsha-class ambulance transport (APH) and much larger Type 920 hospital ship (AH).[1][2][3] Type 919 hospital ship is equipped with more than a hundred hospital beds, internal medicine, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, psychology and surgery departments, and can support three surgeries to be performed onboard simultaneously.[1][2][3] In addition, the ship is also equipped with helipad.[1][2][3]

Pennant No. Name
(Transliteration)
Name
(Chinese)
Namesake Commissioned Fleet Status Note
861You'ai友愛[8] Friendship2020South Sea FleetActiveFormer Nan-Yi 12
862Youhao[9]友好 Friendly2020South Sea FleetActiveFormer Nan-Yi 13

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Type 919 hospital ship (AH)". Sohu (in Simplified Chinese). December 1, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Type 919 hospital ship" (in Simplified Chinese). December 2, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Type 919 AH" (in Simplified Chinese). December 2, 2020.
  4. "PLANS recognition guide 2015". August 7, 2015.
  5. "PLANS recognition guide 2018". July 16, 2018.
  6. "PLANS recognition guide 2019". February 19, 2020.
  7. "PLANS recognition guide 2020". February 19, 2020.
  8. "新型医院船友爱船开展海上评估考核" (in Simplified Chinese). August 23, 2022.
  9. "PLAN hospital ship completes first medical tour on Xisha, Nansha islands". Ministry of National Defense. October 10, 2022.