Type 635 Yanlai - Ship List
Ships in PLAN service are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by three-digit number. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong) for East Sea Fleet, North (Bei) for North Sea Fleet, and South (Nan) for South Sea Fleet. The second Chinese character is Ce, meaning survey in Chinese, because these ships are classified as survey ship.
Dong Biao is literally Eastern Beacon or Eastern Standard, and Beidiao means North Beacon. It is probably the case that Dong Biao 226 was later redesignated Dong-Ce 226.
The taxonomy of the various subtypes of this class is hopelessly jumbled.
| Ship List | |||||||
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| Type | Name | Pennant # | Builder | Fleet | Laid down | Commission | Status |
| Type 635I Civilian / or Yanlai 635 III | |||||||
| 635A | Bei-Ce ex-Dong Biao?? | 943 | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard | North Sea Fleet | ? | Jan 1970 | 2016 : Active 635 III ??? |
| 635B | Dong-Ce | 227 | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard | East Sea Fleet | ? | 1972 | 2016 : Active |
| 635C | Dong-Ce ex-Dong Biao?? | 226 | Jiangxi Ruichang Jiangzhou Shipyard | East Sea Fleet | Oct 1977 | Feb 1982 | 2016 : Active |
| 635C | Nan-Ce | 427 | Jiangxi Ruichang Jiangzhou Shipyard | South Sea Fleet | Oct 1977 | Jan 1983 | 2016 : Active |
| Type 635II Military / Ganzhu 635 II | |||||||
| 635II | Nan-Ce | 420 | Guangzhou Shipyard | South Sea Fleet | Dec 1970 | Nov 1975 | ???? |
| Dong Ce | 426 | ?? 19?? | 2017 : active ??? possibly Type 646 Kan Yang | ||||
| Nan Ce | 428 | ?? 19?? | 2017 : active | ||||
| Dong Biao | K200??? | ?? 19?? | ???? vaporware ??? | ||||
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