Republic of China Navy: Difference between revisions

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| unit_name = Republic of China Navy

| image = Republic of China Navy (ROCN) Logo.svg

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| caption = Emblem of the Republic of China Navy

| start_date = {{ubl|{{Start date and age|df=y|1924}}}}

| branch =

| type = Navy

| battle_honours =

| disbanded =

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| commander1 = {{flagicon image|ROC Commanding General of Navy Flag.svg}} [[Admiral]] [[Tang Hua (Marine)|Tang Hua]]<ref name="leadership">{{Cite web |title=Navy Command hierarchy |url=https://navy.mnd.gov.tw/LeadRoom/Leader_Info.aspx?ID=2 |work=Republic of China Navy |publisher=ROC Ministry of National Defense }}</ref>

| identification_symbol_2 = [[File:Naval Jack of the Republic of China.svg|200px|border]]

| identification_symbol_2_label = Jack

| identification_symbol_3_label = Commissioning pennant

| identification_symbol_4 = [[File:ROCN Unit Flag.svg|200px]]

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The service was formerly commonly just called the '''Chinese Navy''' during [[World War II]] and prior to the ROC's retreat from the [[mainland China|mainland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://taiwantoday.tw/print.php?unit=4&post=6890|title=The Month In Free China|website=taiwantoday.tw}}</ref> While still sometimes used especially in domestic circles, it is now not as often used internationally due to the current ambiguous [[political status of Taiwan]] and to avoid confusion with the [[People's Liberation Army Navy]] of the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC).

 

=== Republic of China Navy Command Headquarters ===

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===1912–1949===

{{see also|Naval history of China}}

 

 

Following World War II, a number of Japanese destroyers and decommissioned U.S. ships were transferred to the ROC Navy. During the [[Chinese Civil War]], the ROCN was involved in the protection of supply convoys and the withdrawal of the ROC Government and over 1 million refugees to Taiwan in 1949. The subsequent reorganization and reestablishment of the Navy after evacuation to Taiwan is referenced in the lyrics of the post 1949 ROC Navy Song "The New Navy" ({{lang|zh-Hant-TW|新海軍}}).

The keel of a new rescue and salvage ship was laid in March 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chen |first1=Kelvin |title=Taiwan begins construction of naval auxiliary rescue and salvage ship |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4474075 |website=taiwannews.com.tw |date=15 March 2022 |publisher=Taiwan News |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref>

 

The ROC Navy has started construction on 12 new domestically built light frigates for the Taiwanese Navy. These vessels are in the 2500 ton weight class and will have two configurations, an anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) version and an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) version. Both variants will be equipped with an OTO Melera 76mm gun with programmable ammunition and a close-in weapons system (CIWS), either a Phalanx 20mm gun system or the indigenous Sea Oryx. The AAW variant will have a 32 cell VLS for TC-2N missiles while the ASW will have two box launchers for 16 TC-2N missiles. The AAW variant will have 8 anti-ship cruise missile launchers, each able to fit either a single HF-2 or HF-3, while the ASW variant will have 16 launchers. The ASW variant is the only variant that will be fitted with Mk 32 light torpedo launchers and a towed variable depth sonar. The frigates will have a BAE System's [[Type 997 Artisan radar|Artisan radar]], Lockheed Martin Canada's CMS-330 combat management system, and either Rolls Royce MT30 or General Electric LM2500 engines for propulsion. The new frigates are intended to become the workhorse of the ROC Navy, replacing the larger OHP and La Fayette class frigates in patrol duties.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/05/taiwan-to-begin-light-frigate-construction-in-june/ | title=Taiwan to Begin Light Frigate Construction in June | date=22 May 2023 }}</ref>

 

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{| class="wikitable"

| [[File:ROCN Ta Chiang.png|200px|''Tuo Chiang''-class]]

| {{ROC}} / [[corvette]]

| 600 tonnes

| Lead ship delivered in March 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/article/35351/taiwan-launches-first-carrier-killer-stealth-missile-corvette |title=Taiwan launches first 'carrier killer' stealth missile corvette |last=Rahmat |first=Ridzwan |date=13 March 2014 |website=IHS Jane's 360 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218153710/http://www.janes.com/article/35351/taiwan-launches-first-carrier-killer-stealth-missile-corvette |archive-date=2014-12-18 |url-status=dead |access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref>

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| [[NCSIST Albatross]] || {{ROC}} || Reconnaissance UAV || || 26 || In service as of 2019<ref name="Focus Taiwan 2019" >{{cite web |last1=and Evelyn Kao |first1=Wang Cheng-chung |title=Albatross drone makes first fly-over demonstration in Pingtung |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/201901240016 |website=focustaiwan.tw |date=24 January 2019 |publisher=Focus Taiwan |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref>

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|[[Sea Oryx]]

|Missile System

|Short-range missile defence system available in a 24-round launcher using off-board sensors, or an autonomous 12-round launcher with its own radar and EO/IR sensor. The system can be truck-mounted or mounted on a warship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trevithick |first=Joseph |date=2019-08-14 |title=Taiwan Reveals Land-Based Variant Of Naval Point Defense Missile System To Guard Key Sites |url=https://www.twz.com/29405/taiwan-reveals-land-based-variant-of-naval-point-defense-missile-system-to-guard-key-sites |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=The War Zone |language=en}}</ref>

{{Reflist}}

 

* {{Cite book |author=IISS |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies |date=2023 |title=The Military Balance 2023 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=London |isbn=978-1-032-50895-5 }}

 

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