PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Chiang Hsi 1912
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 江犀 [Chiang Hsi] | Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany | 1911 | 1912 | 1912 | sunk 24.8.1941 | ||
| 江鲲 [Chiang Kun] | Vulcan, Bremen, Germany | 1911 | 1912 | 1912 | sunk 24.8.1941 |
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Displacement normal, t |
140 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
Chiang Hsi: 43.9 Chiang Kun: 44.5 |
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Breadth, m |
Chiang Hsi: 7.50 Chiang Kun: 7.30 |
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Draught, m |
0.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Schultz boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Chiang Hsi: 450 Chiang Kun: 500 |
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Max speed, kts |
12 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 30 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 88/11 Krupp howitzer, 4 x 1 - 7.9/79 |
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Complement |
49 |
Project history: Built in Germany in 1911-1912 and assembled from ready sections by Kiangnan in Shanghai in 1912. Project was developed on the basis of German river gunboat Otter. Ships were originally called Hsin Pei and Hsi Chen, renamed at completion. On Canton dialect names were read as Kiang Hsi and Kiang Kun.
Modernizations: 1930, Chiang Hsin: was armed with 1 x 1 - 37/27 Maxim
1930, Chiang Kun: was armed with 2 x 1 - 37/27 Maxim
Naval service: Both were sunk 24.8.1941 by Japanese aircraft on Yangtze at Patung (province Sichuan). Last Chinese ships lost in WWII!
Chiang Kun 1929
Chiang Hsi 1929
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