"The "Tuo River" " Topic

"Taiwan's first unit in a new class of 12 catamaran corvettes was christened Friday. The "Tuo River" was Christined during a cereomny held in Suao in northeastern Taiwan's Yilan county. The corvette will undergo a series of sea trials before its commissioning expected in the first half of 2015.

This new vessel project was first unveiled during TADTE 2013, the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition, in August 2013. The corvette was built by the Lung-De Shipbuilding Corporation under the "Swift Sea" program.

With a length of 60.4 meters this corvette size vessel is designed for littoral operations. A sign on display at the show indicated:
"In order to face the increasing threat across the Taiwan Strait, ROC Navy has developed a new type of Littoral Combat Ship, High Efficiency Wave Piercing Catamaran (WPC). This ship design increases ship mobility, and provides for greater stealth technology, larger capacity, and better adaptability to environmental conditions. This new class of ships is designed by Naval Shipbuilding Development Center (NSDC) and Ship Ocean Industries R&D Center (SOIC). The High Efficiency Wave Piercing Catamaran (WPC) is currently under construction by the Lund-De Shipbuilding Corporation." …"

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Amicalement
Armand

Who is "Christine"?

Christine is the young lady who breaks the champagne bottle on the bow. Which raises the question, should one use more than one bottle on a multi-hull?

Ron

P.S. I think he meant "Christened". The keyboard is a devilish invention.

Interesting.. the sign would be regarded as provocative by the people over the water…

Looks like a functional version of the LCS!