Pakistan Receives its Third Chinese-Built Submarine

The Pakistani Navy has received its third Hangor-class submarine in a ceremony performed at the new shipyard of Wuchang Shipbuilding in Shuangliu, China on August 14. The main Wuchang shipyard used to be located in downtown Wuhan some 20 miles away, on land which is now being redeveloped. But the new shipyard is still about 400 miles from the coast, so the submarine’s first voyage will take it down the Yangtze River to Shanghai.

The Wuchang Shipbuilding yard at Shuangliu (30.5881N 114.6813E) (© Google...