CHINESE / PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (CHINA / PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Chen Tse 1933
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 鎮字 [No2 Chen Tse] | Vulcan, Bremen, Germany | 1895 | 1896 | scuttled 11.8.1937 | |||
| 守字 [No4 Su Tse] | Vulcan, Bremen, Germany | 1895 | 1896 | scuttled 11.8.1937 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
90 |
|
Displacement full, t |
126 |
|
Length, m |
43.9 |
|
Breadth, m |
5.18 |
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Draught, m |
2.40 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
18 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
|
Armament |
2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 450 TT |
|
Complement |
31 |
Project history: Under builder statements, on trials both ships made up to 24kts at 1250hp, but to 1930 their speed significantly fallen.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Both boats were scuttled 11.8.37 on Yangtze at Jiangyin for fairway barrage.
1929
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