PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Chiang Kung 1909
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 江坤 [Chiang Kung] | Whampoa, Canton | 1908 | 1909 | 3.1909 | sunk 10.1938 | ||
| 江解 [Chiang Chi] | Whampoa, Canton | 1908 | 1909 | 3.1909 | lost 1938? | ||
| 江口 [Chiang Ku] | Whampoa, Canton | 1908 | 1909 | 3.1909 | lost 1938? | ||
| 江泰 [Chiang Tai] | Whampoa, Canton | 1908 | 1909 | 3.1909 | presumably sunk 26.9.1937 |
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Displacement standard, t |
160 |
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Displacement full, t |
200 |
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Length, m |
44.0 |
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Breadth, m |
6.00 |
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Draught, m |
1.60 mean 2.30 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 1 boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
500 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 |
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Fuel, t |
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| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 4 x 1 - 7.7/87 |
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Complement |
62 |
Project history: A class was built at Hong Kong in 1908-1909, assembled in Canton, assemblage was completed in March, 1909. On construction they were close to British river gunboats of the beginnings of XX century. First Chinese ships equipped with radio. On Canton dialect names were read as Kiang Kung, Kiang Tai, Kiang Chin, Kiang Ku. Probably Chiang Chi in 1920s was renamed Lung Shan.
Modernizations: by 1936, all: - 3 x 1 - 7.7/87; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr Armstrong QF, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II
Naval service: Chiang Kung in October, 1938 was sunk by Japanese aircraft at Canton (Guangzhou); fate of remaining ships is unknown. Probably, Chiang Tai was sunk by Japanese aircraft at Canton 26.9.1937. It is probable also, that not all ships of class remained in service by 1937.
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