Xiang Yang Hong () are a class of Chinese oceanographic survey and research ships. These were among China's first ocean survey vessels.
Fleet list
Xiang Yang Hong 01
Xiang Yang Hong 03 — built 2016
Xiang Yang Hong 05
Xiang Yang Hong 06
Xiang Yang Hong 09 — built 1978
Xiang Yang Hong 10
Xiang Yang Hong 14 — Type 645 oceanographic research ship
Xiang Yang Hong 16 —
Xiang Yang Hong 21 — Type 813 spy ship
Xiang Yang Hong 01
Xiang Yang Hong 09
The Xiang Yang Hong 09 was the first Chinese ship to take part in distant-water research in the 1970s. 2006 onwards the ship successfully supported submersibles, including supporting the domestic record dive in Mariana Trench.
In popular culture
The second book of Ian Douglas's Star Carrier contained a reference to a Chinese ship named Xiang Yang Hong which had used nuclear warheads to alter the course of an asteroid.