중국, 해군기지 독점사용권을 대가로 캄보디아에 군함 2척과 해군기지를 제공

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캄보디아 서남부, 베트남령 푸꾸옥 맞은편에 위치한 림 해군기지의 독점적 사용권을 대가로 중국이 캄보디아에 056형 코르벳 2척과 기지 소유권을 넘겨줄 것 같다는 기사네요. 이전될 군함은 함번 630과 631로  056A형이라고 합니다. 림 해군기지는 003형 항모의 접안도 가능한 규모라고... 

작년 12월 캄보디아에 도착한 뒤 중국이 캄보디아 해군 장병들에게 선박 운용 방법을 교육중이라고 하네요. 

056급은 2012년부터 취역한 중국 해군 및 해경국의 신형 코르벳으로 630함은 2019년 12월 30일 진수, 2021년 1월 취역했고 631함은 2019년 11월 14일 진수, 2021년 1월 취역했네요. 배수량은 1,500톤, SEMT 피엘스틱 PA6 디젤엔진 2기를 장착해 최고속도 25노트이고 76mm 주포, 30mm 기관포, YJ-83 대함미사일 2연장 발사기 2개, FM-3000N 지대공미사일 발사기 8연장 1개, 324mm 3연장 어뢰발사기 2문, 중형헬기 1기 탑재공간을 갖추고 있네요. 

EXCLUSIVE: China to transfer 2 ships and pier to Cambodian navy — Radio Free Asia (rfa.org)

EXCLUSIVE: China to transfer 2 ships and pier to Cambodian navy

Analysts suspect the transfer is part of a deal giving China special access to the Gulf of Thailand base.

By RFA Staff
2024.08.27
Ream, Cambodia

Two Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Type 056 Corvettes – 630 Aba and 631 Tianmen – are docked at the pier at the Ream naval base in Cambodia in August 2024.

 RFA

China is expected to soon hand over to the Cambodia navy two warships, a deep-draft pier long enough to accommodate aircraft carriers and facilities it has developed at a base on Cambodia’s coast, Cambodian sources with knowledge of the matter told Radio Free Asia.

About 100 Chinese naval personnel have been “working day and night” at a section of the Ream naval base in Sihanoukville province on the Gulf of Thailand preparing for the transfer to Cambodian control, which is likely to happen at the end of September, said the sources.

The section of the base has been off-limits to Cambodian staff, the sources added, but the facilities -- all funded and developed by China -- will soon be handed over.

In return, analysts say it is likely that the two countries have reached an agreement giving the Chinese navy privileged access to the new base, where until now no foreign vessels have been allowed to dock. 

Two People’s Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN, warships can be seen berthed at the new pier, next to an area being developed, an RFA reporter saw on a recent visit to the area.

Construction cranes and trucks are visible as are new-looking buildings.

Two Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Type 056 Corvettes and structures are seen at Cambodia’s Ream naval base in August 2024. (Graphic by Paul Nelson/RFA; Analysis by RFA; Images by RFA and Planet Labs)

The two warships, which RFA identified as PLAN’s Type 056A missile corvettes with hull numbers 630 and 631, will be transferred to the Cambodian navy together with the new facilities, said the sources, who declined to be identified given the sensitivity of the issue.

The Chinese navy has been training Cambodian naval personnel how to operate the ships since December, when two vessels of the same class arrived in Ream. RFA was the first foreign media to report on their arrival. 

림 해군기지의 위치. 베트남령 푸꾸옥 섬의 맞은편에 위치.

Type 056 corvette - Wikipedia