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CHINESE CUSTOMS SERVICE (CHINA)

CUSTOMS SHIPS

HAI HSING customs cruisers (1924-1927)

Chun Hsing 1927

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
[Hai Hsing]     Yangtzepoo Yd, Shanghai   1924 1924 lost 1937
[Chuen Hsing]     Yangtzepoo Yd, Shanghai   1927 1927 lost 1937

 

Displacement normal, t

1960

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

79.3

Breadth, m

8.54

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

 

Complement

 

Project history: Customs cruisers-lighthouse tenders.

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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