Chao Wu 1877
Heng Hai 1890
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 威遠 [Wei Yuen] | Foochow Arsenal | 2.9.1876 | 15.5.1877 | 14.9.1877 | TS 7.1885, sunk 5.2.1895, repaired, discarded 1906 | ||
| 超武 [Chao Wu] | Foochow Arsenal | 1877 | 19.6.1878 | 1879 | discarded 1909 | ||
| 康濟 [Kang Chi] | Foochow Arsenal | 12.7.1878 | 21.7.1879 | 9.1.1880 | captured by Japan 17.2.1895, returned 1895, TS, discarded 1907 | ||
| 澄慶 [Teng Ch'ing] | Foochow Arsenal | 1879 | 10/1880 | 1881 | sunk 15.2.1885 | ||
| 横海 [Heng Hai] | Foochow Arsenal | 1883 | 1884 | 7/1885 | sunk 17.3.1886 | ||
| 广甲 [Kuang Chia] | Foochow Arsenal | 1884 | 1885 | 7/1885 | sunk 17.9.1884 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1258 Ching Ch'ing, Heng Hai: 1477 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
64.0 pp 66.2 oa Ching Ch'ing, Heng Hai: 66.1 pp 68.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.99 |
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Draught, m |
3.81 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
750 Ching Ch'ing, Heng Hai: 1200 |
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Max speed, kts |
11 Ching Ch'ing, Heng Hai: 15 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armour, mm |
iron: shield: 32 - 13 |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 160/14 Armstrong MLR, 6 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton BLR Heng Hai: 1 x 1 - 178/16 Armstrong MLR, 6 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton BLR Kuang Chia: 1 x 1 - 149/32 RK L/35 C/80, 4 x 1 - 120/32 RK L/35 C/80, 6 x 1 - 37/40 Hotchkiss |
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Complement |
180 |
Project history: Composite-hulled, fully-rigged sloops, Wei Yuen and Kang Chi being built for the Peiyang fleet and others for the Nanyang fleet.
Ship protection: Main gun had a shield.
Modernizations: 1880s, Chao Wu: - 1 x 1 - 160/14; + 2 x 1 - 152/26 Armstrong BLR, 1 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton BLR
1890s, Heng Hai: - 1 x 1 - 178/16; + 2 x 1 - 149/32 RK L/35 C/80, 1 x 1 - 120/32 RK L/35 C/80
1890s, Kuang Chia: - 4 x 1 - 120/32 RK L/35 C/80; + 2 x 1 - 149/32 RK L/35 C/80, 4 x 1 - 105/37 SK L/40 C/97
1894, Wei Yuan: - 1 x 1 - 160/14; + 3 x 1 - 105/37 SK L/40 C/97
Naval service: Wei Yuen was disarmed in July 1885 and became TS for midshipmen; she was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese TB23 at Wei-Hai-Wei 5.2.1895. Later she was salvaged, repaired and served till 1906. Kang Chi was captured by Japanese at Wei-Hai-Wei 17.2.1895 but she was disarmed by them and returned to Chinese for repatriation service. Later she was disarmed and fitted with two TT for her new role as a torpedo TS. Teng Ch'ing was sunk by spar TBs from the French cruiser Bayard off Shei-Poo on the night of 14-15.2.1885.
Wei Yuen 1877
Many thanks to Mr. Wu for many additions and corrections of information on this page.
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