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CHINESE CUSTOMS SERVICE (CHINA)

CUSTOMS SHIPS

LIU HSING customs cruiser (1902)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
[Liu Hsing]     Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan   1902 1902 lost 1937

 

Displacement normal, t

1500

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

59.2

Breadth, m

8.39

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

 

Complement

 

Project history: Customs cruiser. Steel hull.

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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