PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Shi 34 1936
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Names |
憲34 [Shi 34] 憲102 [Shi 102] 憲181 [Shi 181] 憲223 [Shi 223] 温42 [Wen 42] 温88 [Wen 88] 温93 [Wen 93] 温171 [Wen 171] 嚴53 [Yan 53] 嚴92 [Yan 92] 嚴161 [Yan 161] 嚴164 [Yan 164] 4 others survived Wen 42, 88, 93, 171 and Yan 53, 161 and 164 were 9.1939 renamed as: 成功 [Chenggong] 天祥 [Tiangxiang] 忠武 [Chungmu] 武穆[Wumu] 西關 [Xiguan] 亭武 [Tingbi] 憲之 [Kefa] |
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Builders |
Thornycroft, Woolston, UK: Shi 34, 102, 181, 223, Wen 42, 88, 93, 171, Yan 53, 92, 161, 164 |
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Completed |
1936: Shi 34, 102, 181, 223, Wen 42, 88, 93, 171 1938: Yan 53, 92, 161, 164 |
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Losses |
incomplete: 2 boats requisitioned by United Kingdom: 2 boats (MTB26, 27) Shi 34 (29.9.1937), Shi 102 (16.8.1937), Shi 181 (13.11.1937), Shi 223 (27.7.1938), Yan 92 (24.10.1938 captured by Japan), Chenggogng (9/1944), Tiangxiang (9/1944), Chungmu (9/1944), Wumu (9/1944), Xiguan (9/1944), Tingbi (9/1944), Kefa (9/1944) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
none |
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Displacement standard, t |
12.5 |
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Displacement full, t |
14 |
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Length, m |
16.8 |
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Breadth, m |
3.35 |
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Draught, m |
1.07 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Thornycroft petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
1060 |
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Max speed, kts |
45 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 7.7/87, 2 - 450 TT |
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Complement |
5 |
Project history: 8 first boat were ordered in 1935-1936: 4 for Canton squadron and 4 for Yangtze. Building numbers were 2324-2327 and 2336-2339). Other 8 boats were ordered in 1937 or 1938. 4 boats (building numbers 2389-2392) were transferred to Chinese Navy at Hong Kong in the mid-1938, and 2 (Nos2395, 2396), completed in September, 1938 and already delivered to Hong Kong, were requisitioned and in 1939 were commissioned by Royal Navy as MTB26 and 27.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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