Xiang Yang Hong

Xiang Yang Hong (Chinese: 向阳红; lit.

'Facing the Red Sun'[1]) are a class of Chinese oceanographic survey and research ships.

[1] 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.

[1] 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.