What is Yuan Wang 5 & Yuan Wang 6?
What is Yuan Wang 5 & Yuan Wang 6?
Built by Jiangnan Shipyard, Yuan Wang 5 has a displacement of 25,000 tones and withstand wind scale up to 12, and perform duties in sea state 6. The general designer of both Yuan Wang 5 & 6 is Mr. Huang Wei (黄蔚), the general engineer of the 701st Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC).
What is Yuan Wang 22?
Yuan Wang 22 is also a cargo ship designed specially to transport rockets such as Long March 5, and it is also built by Jiangnan Shipyard, the same builder of earlier Yuan Wang 21.
What happened to Yuan Wang 4?
While in Jiangyin port at 5:10 AM on August 5, 2007, Yuan Wang 4 was hit by a coal carrier Harbor Sea 666 (Gang Hai 666, 港海 666), which caused a massive fire started at the point of collision at 4th fuel tank.
What is the speed of 718 and Yuan Wang 3?
Type 718 can attain speeds of 20 kt. Yuan Wang 3 is the second generation tracking ship of Yuan Wang series, and it can attain speeds up to 20 kt, with a range of 18,000 nautical miles and a cruising speed of 18 kt.
