The two vessels are the fifth and sixth corvettes of the class to be commissioned this year. They join the PLAN's East Sea Fleet (21st Flottila).



Boading (hull number 511) was built by Wuchang shipyard in Wuhan.



Heze (hull number 512) was built by Liaonan naval shipyard near Dalian in North China.



The 21st Flotilla of the East Sea Fleet is now complete with 4x Type 056 corvettes (no 056A ASW variant) meaning this flotilla doesn't have an ASW focus.



There are currently at least eleven more Type 056A and Type 056 corvettes at various stages of construction in Chinese naval shipyards. Two of them (Ningde with hull numnber 510 and Ezhouare with hull number 513) are likely to be commissioned before year end. The PLAN recently place another procurement order for ten more corvette of the class. Therefore, as of today, close to 70 corvettes of this type have been ordered by the PLAN (with 40 hulls launched so far since the start of the programme in 2011).

