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CHINESE CUSTOMS SERVICE (CHINA)

CUSTOMS SHIPS

CHUEN TIAO customs cruiser (1888)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
[Chuen Tiao]     Armstrong, Walker, UK   1888 1888 lost 1937

 

Displacement normal, t

716

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

47.3

Breadth, m

7.63

Draught, m

3.51

No of shafts

2

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 95/21 Armstrong 20pdr BLR, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkuss

Complement

 

Project history: Customs cruiser. Also used as lighthouse tender.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: After the beginning of Japanese-Chinese war in 1937 all Chinese customs fleet was destroyed by Japanese.

 

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