“Civilian” mini Type054 FFG?

On March 2009, the PRC Administration of Fishery and Fishing Harbor Supervision (AFFHS) confirmed that five “heavier than 3000-ton” class patrol ships with helicopter support platform were ordered to augment its law enforcement capabilities.

This recently revealed mini-Type054 could be one of the five ordered by the AFFHS. Together with the transferred Type R22T Fuchi class AOR Fuxianhu 888 from the navy, the AFFHS is getting a significant boost in protecting China’s maritime interest in the civilian sphere.

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The original post reads “mini-F-22P”. Considering the F22P itself is just about 3200 tons, a mini version would displace less than 3000 tons., which makes it an unlikely to be that same ship as the “heavier than 3000-ton” class patrol ships ordered for AFFHS

Which ship is depicted is unclear.

Argh, can’t stand it: I know I’ve seen pic 3 before, just can’t recall details!
Not giving up though!

and the second one a Sigma corvette, of those for Indonesia?

Interesting. How do they get to Kazakhstan? Through Russian canals & down the Volga?

The Caspian Sea is linked to the Baltic, White, and Black seas by an extensive network of inland waterways, chief of which is the Volga. These waterways provide an outlet to northern Europe for the oil fields of Baku on the Abşeron Peninsula.

http://www.lycos.com/info/caspian-sea–black-sea.html

Passage on the internal waters of Russia under a foreign flag is forbidden. Article 5 of the Russian Inland Waterways Act passed by Stalin in 1936 prevents all foreign vessels from using inland waterways. Moscow imposed specific restrictions in 1994 on foreign vessels sailing the Volga-Don Canal.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/volga-don-canal.htm

On 20 September 2003, the former US Coast Guard Cutter Point Brower was officially dedicated in Azerbaijan. The Point Brower – renamed S-201 – was the third patrol boat of its type that the US government had given Azerbaijan. Two smaller US Coast Guard cutters were given to Azerbaijan in 2000. The ship’s long journey began in San Francisco, California and continued as the Maritime Brigade crew piloted the vessel across the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, through the Volga Don canal to the Caspian Sea, and finally to Baku. The 27-meter patrol boat Point Brower primary missions were law enforcement and search and rescue. The cutter had been refurbished and retrofitted several times, most recently in preparation for its transfer to Azerbaijan.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/volga-don-canal.htm

On 10 June 2007 Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed an alternative “Eurasia Canal” connecting the Caspian and Black Seas. Nazarbayev proposes building an almost straight canal utilizing Soviet-era navigable reservoirs across Russia’s North Caucasus. The alternative Eurasia Canal could potentially carry up to 45 million tons annually. The canal is intended to be constructed from the Caspian Sea to the influx of the Don River via the Kumo-Manich pit. The canal would be 650km in length, 80m in width, 6.5m in depth and the number of gateways will total six. The canal is envisaged for the passage of the vessels of “river-sea” class with a capacity of 3,500-5,500t with the future use of vessels of a new class with a capacity of up to 10,000t.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/volga-don-canal.htm

Eurasia Canal
In June 2007, in order to boost his oil-rich country’s access to markets, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbaev proposed a 700 km link between the Caspian and Black seas. It is hoped that the “Eurasia Canal” (Manych Ship Canal) ) would transform the landlocked Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries into maritime states, enabling them to significantly increase trade volume. While the canal would traverse Russian territory, it would benefit Kazakhstan through its Caspian Sea ports. The most likely route for the canal, the officials at the Committee on Water Resources at Kazakhstan’s Agriculture Ministry say, would follow the Kuma-Manych Depression, where currently a chain of rivers and lakes is already connected by an irrigation canal (Kuma-Manych Canal). Upgrading the Volga-Don Canal would be another option.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea

Now why would the Swede’s go and build a plane to take of from an aircraft carrier. Do they seriously think there are buyers out there? They cant sell to the Chinese. The only potential buyers out there are the Indian’s and the Brazilian’s. The Brazilian’s seem to be going the Rafale way(anyway the Foch isnt go to be around for to long). The Indian’s are looking for aircraft other than the Mig-29k’s but they would more likely go in for the F-35 or the Rafale or a variant of the PAK-FA. What do the Swede’s hope to prove with this plane. Unless they win the Indian MMRCA competition(which would open the doors for carrier capable planes for the Indian navy) there dont have a chance in timbactoo of getting a customer 🙂

Just in case the F-35B flunks, they can provide an alternative.

Harry, source of good info and always bringing some really great IN pics.
Requiescat in pace. You will be missed.

Again, this appears to be a torpedo trials ship.

You might be right there. But that doesn’t make incorrect what I posted about the Soviet AGIs nor does it make incorrect what I posted about the use of torpedo tubes. I’m not sure the depicted vessel is russian though…

I think the Dutch vessel(s) you are referring to would be ‘torpedo-inschietvaartuig ‘HMS Van Bochove A923, which went out of service late 1986, and its successor ‘torpedowerkship’ HrMs Mercuur (2) A900 which entered service in august 1987. This is referred to as AGE and has a SQR-01 bow mounted active/passive sonar and 2 tubes