Tung Hsin minelayers (1949)

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
同新 [Tung Hsin]			Kiangnan, Shanghai		1936	1949	stricken 1970s?
同德 [Tung Teh]			Kiangnan, Shanghai		1937	1949	stricken 1970s?

Displacement standard, t	400
Displacement full, t	500
Length, m	52.0
Breadth, m	9.70
Draught, m	3.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE
Power, h. p.	2000
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/50 14pdr Armstrong QF, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I/II, mines
Complement

Project history: Built (on other data, converted from river steamers) for Canton squadron in Shanghai in 1936-1937 with technical assistance of German concern HAPRO. Both hulls were captured incomplete by Japanese 12.11.1937 in Shanghai and completed by them for IJN. After war both were returned to China.

Besides, in 1937 German shipbuilder Unterweser (Wesermünde) laid down minelayer of project 506 under Chinese order (450t; 46.2x7.4x2.65m; 2 diesels, 2100hp, 14.75kts, 1 88mm guns, 2 MGs, mines). Building was suspended in an initial phase, prepared materials were used later at building of torpedo training vessel Königsau.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Since 1949 both served under PRC flag.

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TUNG HSIN minelayers (1949)