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Taiwan Navy Losses, Sinkings & Commissionings

Every recorded change to the Taiwan fleet: warships sunk, destroyed, delivered, commissioned or retired, each with a date and source. View all navy events.

Events at a glance

Events per year 2022–2026
2022 — 0 events 0 2022 2023 — 0 events 0 2023 2024 — 3 events 3 2024 2025 — 1 event 1 2025 2026 to 4 Oct — 11 events 11 2026

2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 4 Oct 2026.

By event type 15 events logged · 0 hulls lost
  • Sunk 1
  • Retired 7
  • Delivered 4
  • Commissioned 3

These totals count what GlobalMilitary.net has logged from public reports since 2022, not a complete register: an event we have not recorded is not an event that did not happen. Coverage of the tracked wars is much denser than coverage of peacetime events, so the two do not compare directly.

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Taiwan navy losses, sinkings & commissionings

  1. SEP 182026 ROCS Lan Yang (Chi Yang) Sunk 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Sunk as the main target ship off Taiwan by multiple missiles on the last day of the joint precision munitions live-fire drill.
  2. SEP 162026 ROCS Lan Chiang (Tuo Chiang) Delivered 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Delivered at Su'ao by Lungteh Shipbuilding, eleventh Tuo Chiang-class corvette.
  3. JUL 242026 ROCS Tan Chiang (Tuo Chiang) Commissioned 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Commissioned at Zuoying Naval Base, Kaohsiung, first of the five-ship Tuo Chiang Batch 2.
  4. JUL 102026 ROCS Chang Chiang (Ching Chiang) Retired 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Decommissioned, leaving Jin Chiang as the last Ching Chiang-class patrol ship in service.
  5. JUN 12026 ROCS Chu Chiang (Ching Chiang) Retired 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Decommissioned as the Ching Chiang class gives way to Tuo Chiang-class corvettes.
  6. MAY 52026 ROCS Liu Chiang (Tuo Chiang) Delivered 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Delivered by Lungteh Shipbuilding, second batch-2 Tuo Chiang-class corvette.
  7. APR 12026 ROCS Kao Chiang (Ching Chiang) Retired 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Decommissioned at Kaohsiung in a joint ceremony with sister ship Po Chiang.
  8. APR 12026 ROCS Po Chiang (Ching Chiang) Retired 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Decommissioned at Kaohsiung in a joint ceremony with sister ship Kao Chiang.
  9. MAR 112026 ROCS Tan Chiang (Tuo Chiang) Delivered 🇹🇼 Taiwan · First Tuo Chiang-class batch 2 catamaran corvette delivered at Lungteh Shipbuilding, Yilan.
  10. FEB 252026 ROCS Kao Hsiung (Kao Hsiung) Retired 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Decommissioned at Kaohsiung after 82 years in U.S. and Taiwanese service, latterly a weapons test ship.
  11. JAN 302026 ROCS Hsiang Chiang (Ching Chiang) Retired 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Decommissioned after 26 years of service, replaced one-for-one by a Tuo Chiang-class corvette.
  12. JAN 232025 ROCS Lan Yang (Chi Yang) Retired 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Decommissioned at the Navy's Xinbin wharf in Kaohsiung after almost 30 years of Taiwanese service.
  13. OCT 232024 ROCS Da Wu (Da-Wu) Delivered 🇹🇼 Taiwan · New rescue and salvage ship delivered by CSBC at Kaohsiung, replacing 1940s-built salvage ships and ocean tugs.
  14. MAR 262024 ROCS An Chiang (Tuo Chiang) Commissioned 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Commissioned at Su'ao, Yilan, with sister ship Wan Chiang; last two corvettes of the first Tuo Chiang batch.
  15. MAR 262024 ROCS Wan Chiang (Tuo Chiang) Commissioned 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Commissioned at Su'ao, Yilan, with sister ship An Chiang; last two corvettes of the first Tuo Chiang batch.