[Lower Deck]

I hope they’ll come up with a better name than Type 001A. At least their other carrier was named after a province.

The British use a numeric designation for the classes of their ships: Type 21, Type 22, Type 23 for frigates, Type 42, Type 45 for destroyers, and so forth. But individual ships are named.

[sukhoi-30mki]

Type 001A is the shipyard designation. It is not technically part of the PLAN yet, so it will get a formal name only when commissioned. (It will reportedly be called the Shandong).