PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Hsien Ning 1946
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 咸寧 [Hsien Ning] (ex-興津 [Okitsu], ex-Lepanto) | CNR, Ancona, Italy | 1925 | 22.5.1927 | 1927 // 1946 | to Taiwan 7.1949 (咸寧 [Hsien Ning]) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
700 |
|
Displacement full, t |
~ 850 |
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Length, m |
62.2 |
|
Breadth, m |
8.69 |
|
Draught, m |
2.59 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 water-tube boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 75 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(10) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 4 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (36) |
| Electronic equipment | 3-shiki 1-go radar |
|
Complement |
184 |
Project history: Former Italian minelayer Lepanto, scuttled by own crew at Shanghai 9.9.1943. In February, 1944 she was salvaged by Japanese and in March commissioned as gunboat. Okitsu was 21.3.1945 hard damaged by American Army aircraft, in August, 1945 she surrendered to Allies and transferred to China.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Hsien Ning 1947
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