China has purchased four aircraft carriers.

China has purchased four aircraft carriers.

China had the idea of developing an aircraft carrier as early as the 1960s and 1970s, but it was not until the 1980s and 1990s that it had the basic conditions to build an aircraft carrier. Because there is no experience in independent research and development of aircraft carriers, it is the only feasible way to buy ready-made aircraft carriers from abroad and carry out transformation or disassembly research. In this way, China bought four aircraft carriers in one breath.

By 20 12, Liaoning, the first carrier of our navy, finally came into service. The predecessor of the Liaoning ship was the Varyag of these four aircraft carriers, so where did the other three aircraft carriers go?

Of the four aircraft carriers purchased by China, the Melbourne of the Australian Navy is the longest in service. The construction of this aircraft carrier was completed in February 1945, that is, at the end of World War II, and it was originally commissioned by the British Navy, and was named "Dignity" at that time. This aircraft carrier did not participate in the Second World War, but was directly sold to Australia, a Commonwealth country, and became the flagship of the country's navy.

1982 65438+ 10 The aircraft carrier "Melbourne" was retired in October, and was acquired and dismantled by Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou, China three years later.

The biggest value of buying Melbourne is its radar and ejection system, which has brought great reference value to China's independent development of aircraft carriers in the later period.

The other three aircraft carriers are all from the former Soviet Union. Let's take a look at the "Kiev" aircraft carrier named after the Ukrainian capital. Kiev is the first ship of 1 143 aviation anti-submarine cruiser. The purpose of equipping carrier-based aircraft is to cooperate with carrier-based missiles to carry out regional air defense missions and ensure the operational stability and strategic nuclear attack capability of the fleet, so it is not an aircraft carrier in the modern sense.

1June, 993, the Kiev was retired and acquired by an American company. Tianjin Tianma Shipbreaking Company bought it again during the American economic crisis. In 2003, the aircraft carrier theme park was built, and in 20 12, it was transformed into an aircraft carrier theme hotel. "Kiev" has been moored in Tianjin so far.

The other is the Minsk aircraft carrier named after the capital of Belarus, which is the sister ship of Kiev.

1992 retired from the Russian navy and was originally sold to Daewoo Group of South Korea. At that time, South Korea also wanted to use it to realize its dream of an aircraft carrier. Results The financial crisis broke out in 1997, and China took the opportunity to buy it, and it was handed over to Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard for renovation in 1999.

In May 2000, the "Minsk Aircraft Carrier World" in Shenzhen was opened to the outside world, but in February 2065438+2006, the theme park was closed, and the "Minsk" went to Nantong, Jiangsu for renovation, and there has been no news so far.