North Sea Fleet

Northern Theater Command Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy jack and ensign
Active	1950–Present
Country	People's Republic of China
Allegiance	Chinese Communist Party
Branch	People's Liberation Army Navy
Type	Naval fleet
Part of	Northern Theater Command
Garrison/HQ	Qingdao, Shandong, China
Commanders
Current commander	Vice Admiral Hu Zhongming

The North Sea Fleet (NSF; 北海舰队), concurrently the Northern Theater Command Navy (北部战区海军), is one of the three fleets of the Chinese Communist Party's People's Liberation Army Navy. Headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong, the fleet provides naval forces to the Northern Theater Command.

In September 1950, the Qingdao Army Base was redesignated as a naval base. Following the departure of the Soviet Navy from Lüshunkou (Port Arthur), the North Sea Fleet was established in 1960 with naval bases in Qingdao and Lüshunkou.^{[citation needed]}

The fleet currently includes China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, as well as nuclear-powered attack and missile submarines.^{[citation needed]}

The North Sea Fleet was historically the most capable of the Navy's three fleets, being the first in China to operate destroyers, shore-based missiles and nuclear submarines. In recent years however, the shift in strengthening of importance and strategic capabilities of the East and South Sea Fleets are more prioritised.^[1]

See also

• People's Liberation Army Navy
  • East Sea Fleet
  • South Sea Fleet
• Beiyang Fleet of the Qing navy from 1875 to 1898

References

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