PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Hsin Yang 1947
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
華陽 [Hua Yang] (ex-蔦 [Tsuta]) | Yokosuka K K, Japan | 7/1944 | 2.11.1944 | 2/1945 // 3.7.1947 | to Taiwan 2.1949 (華陽 [Hua Yang]), stricken 1950 | ||
信陽 [Hsin Yang] (ex-初梅 [Hatsuyume]) | Maizuru K K, Japan | 12.1944 | 25.5.1945 | 6.1945 // 3.7.1947 | to Taiwan 2.1949 (信陽 [Hsin Yang]), stricken 12.1961 |
Displacement standard, t |
1289 |
Displacement full, t |
1640 |
Length, m |
92.2 pp 98.0 wl 100.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
9.35 |
Draught, m |
3.37 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets Kampon geared steam turbines, 2 Kampon boilers |
Power, h. p. |
19000 |
Max speed, kts |
27.8 |
Fuel, t |
oil 370 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 4680(16) |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 127/40 89-shiki, 1 x 1 - 127/40 89-shiki, 4 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 17 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 4 - 610 TT, 7 DCT, 2 DCR (60) |
Electronic equipment | 2-shiki 2-go, 3-shiki 1-go radars, 93-shiki sonar |
Complement |
211 |
Project history: Former Japanese Tachibana class escort destroyers, transferred by reparations.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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