Chai We river gunboats (1932)

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
柴灣 [Chai We]			Bailey, Hong Kong		1931	1932	sunk 9-10/1937
常澄[Chang Chiang]			Bailey, Hong Kong		1932	1932	probably sunk 9.1937

Displacement standard, t	210
Displacement full, t
Length, m	43.0
Breadth, m	7.40
Draught, m	1.47
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.	520
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr Armstrong QF, 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I/II, 6 x 1 - 7.7/87
Complement

Project history: Built at Hong Kong on the sample of British Fly class gunboats. On Canton dialect their names were read as Kien Yu (Chien Yu) and Chiang Chien.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Chai We was sunk by Japanese aircraft at Canton (Guangzhou) in late September-early October, 1937; fate of Chang Chiang is unknown; possibly, she was lost at Canton in 1937.

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CHAI WE river gunboats (1932)