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PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)

AIRCRAFT CARRYING SHIPS

WEI HAI gunboat - seaplane tender (1897/1927)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
威海 [Wei Hai] (ex-Kwang Lee)     Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany   1897 1897 // 1927 disarmed 1936

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

2500

Length, m

70.1

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

93

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/50 Armstrong 14pdr QF, 2 - 3 seaplanes

Complement

 

Project history: Former merchantman Kwang Lee. In September, 1924 she was bought by Chinese "Chingkee Steamship Co" for Northern squadron. In 1927 ship was rearmed by naval guns and adapted for carrying 2-3 seaplanes.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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