PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
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Names |
眉叔 [Chien Chung] 永安 [Yung An] 拱辰 [Kung Chen] |
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Builders |
Yangtze Wks, Hankow: Chien Chung, Yung An, Kung Chen |
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Commissioned |
1915: Chien Chung 1916: Yung An, Kung Chen |
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Losses |
Kung Chen (10/1938) |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
1931: Chien Chung, Yung An |
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Displacement normal, t |
90 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
35.5 |
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Breadth, m |
5.60 |
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Draught, m |
0.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 1 watertube boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
450 |
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Max speed, kts |
11 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 33 |
| 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 |
42 |
Project history: Ships were armed by one field howitzer.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In 1931 they were laid up. Further fate is inconsistent; most likely, Tsung Chen was sunk by Japanese aircraft in October, 1938, and remaining two were lost in 1940s being inoperable since 1930s.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011-14