Xiang Yang Hong


Xiang Yang Hong are a class of Chinese oceanographic survey and research ships. These were among China's first ocean survey vessels.

Fleet list

Xiang Yang Hong 09

The Xiang Yang Hong 09 was the first Chinese ship to take part in distant-water research in the 1970s. 2006 onwards the ship successfully supported submersibles, including supporting the domestic record dive in Mariana Trench.
NumberLength Displacement DesignerBuilderLaunchedStatus
Xiang Yang Hong 09112.054425China State Shipbuilding CorporationHudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding1978Active

In popular culture

The second book of Ian Douglas's Star Carrier contained a reference to a Chinese ship named Xiang Yang Hong which had used nuclear warheads to alter the course of an asteroid.