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Taiwanese shipbuilder From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Native name | 龍德造船 |
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Company type | Private |
Industry | Shipbuilding |
Founded | 1979 |
Headquarters | Yilan County, Taiwan |
Number of locations | 6 |
Website | http://www.lts.com.tw/LungTeh/en/ |
Lungteh Shipbuilding | |||||||
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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 | ||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 龍德造船 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 龙德造船 | ||||||
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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]
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]
In cooperation with ST Engineering Lungteh has produced the Venus 16 unmanned surface vehicle.[14]
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