Lungteh Shipbuilding
Native name
龍德造船
TypePrivate
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1979
HeadquartersYilan County, Taiwan
Number of locations
6
Websitehttp://www.lts.com.tw/LungTeh/en/
Lungteh Shipbuilding
Traditional Chinese龍德造船工業股份有限公司
Simplified Chinese龙德造船工业股份有限公司
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese龍德造船
Simplified Chinese龙德造船
Philippine Navy Multipurpose Assault Craft Mk2

Lungteh Shipbuilding (also spelled Lung Teh or Longde,[1] Chinese: 龍德造船) is a Taiwanese ship and boat builder headquartered in Yilan County.

History

Test ship Glorious Star

Lungteh was established in 1979.[2]

In 2018 Lungteh won a contract to produce eleven Tuo Chiang Block II corvette and four minelayers for the Taiwanese Navy.[3]

Lungteh exhibited at IDEX in 2019 alongside other Taiwanese defense companies.[4]

In 2019 Lungteh Shipbuilding launched an 80-ton 28m long high speed catamaran research and test vessel named Glorious Star (光榮之星) for the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology.[5]

On May 24, 2019 Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen visited Lungteh to highlight the mass production of the Tuo Chiang Block II corvette, dubbed a carrier killer by the press. She gave a speech about asymmetrically countering China’s military with smart military procurement and technological innovation.[6]

In August 2020 they launched the first of four high speed minelayers ordered by the Taiwanese Navy.[7] Class delivery was completed in December 2021.[8]

Operations

Lungteh has five production facilities in Yilan county and offices in Taipei and Singapore.[9]

Lungteh has produced fast ferries, wind farm supply vessels,[10][11] coastal patrol craft, high speed special forces craft,[12] fireboats, and pilot boats.

Lungteh is a partner in producing the Multipurpose Assault Craft series of combat boats for the Philippine Navy. The series had four variants as of 2018.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Strong, Matthew. "Taiwan launches military test ship". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Shipbuilding industry in Chinese Taipei" (PDF). www.oecd.org. OECD Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6). Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Everington, Keoni. "Taiwanese domestic shipbuilder gets bid to build 11 corvettes, 4 minelayers". taiwannews.com. Taiwan News.
  4. ↑ Lo Tien-pin and, Jake Chung. "Taiwanese weaponry touted at IDEX". taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Strong, Matthew. "Taiwan launches military test ship". Taiwan News. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Chung, Lawrence. "Taiwan begins mass production of home-grown missile corvettes, minelayers". scmp.com. South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Yun-yu, Chen; Hsu, Elizabeth. "Taiwan Navy launches first locally-built rapid mine-laying vessel". focustaiwan.tw. Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. ↑ Chen, Kelvin. "Taiwan Navy receives final pair of rapid mine-laying ships". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "About Us". lts.com.tw. Lungteh Shipyards. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  10. ↑ Morgan, Scott. "Taiwan's first wind powered boat launched in central Taiwan". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "TIPM Establishes CTV Crew Training Co-Op with NOS". offshorewind.biz. offshorewind.biz. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  12. ↑ Rahmat, Ridzwan. "Kaohsiung Maritime 2018: NCSIST, Lung Teh team up on stealthy assault craft concept". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  13. ↑ Morgan, Scott. "Philippine Navy successfully tests fires first-ever missile". taiwannews.com. Taiwan News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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