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Monday 19 November 2018

Chinese Shanghai Shipyard Hutung built hydrographic survey ship Shijian according to a CIA report dated November 1969


An item reported the building at the Chinese Shanghai Shipyard Hutung of the hydrographic survey ship Shijian.(1)

Note
1. Fitted out with 2x4.000bhp/200rpm diesels. Now as the Xin Shi Jian operated by the East China Sea Branch S.O.A., Shanghai, China. Active in the East China Sea. Dimensions 94,73 x 14,00 x 5 metres, deadweight 1.478 tons and gross tonnage of 2.576-2.955 tons.  China-flagged, IMO 8326723, MMSI 412920000 and call sign BNRC. By AIS called Xiang Yang Hong 20.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP78T04759A009500010030-0