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What is a fiberglass ship?


The hull is constructed of glass fiber reinforced plastic as a material for the vessel. The displacement of FRP ships is usually below 500t, such as military minehunting boats, minesweepers, landing craft, traffic boats, etc. Civilian high-speed passenger boats, fishing boats, yachts, lifeboats, working boats and rowing boats, etc. Many of the navies of the new anti-mine ships, mostly using glass fiber reinforced plastic hulls, decks and cabins. The "hunting" class minesweeper built by Britain, with a full displacement of 750t, a captain of 60m and a ship width of 10m, is by far the largest glass fiber reinforced plastic ship. In the 1990 s, China built a number of catamarans with glass fiber reinforced plastic hulls, with a full displacement of 90t, a captain of 32m, a ship width of 8m, a ship speed of 30kn and a passenger capacity of 225. FRP lifeboats made in China have been exported to many countries.

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