PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
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Names |
重元 [Chung Yun] 重和[Chung Hai] |
|
Builders |
Bailey, Hong Kong: Chung Yun, Chung Hai |
|
Commissioned |
1928: Chung Yun, Chung Hai |
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Losses |
Chung Yun (9/1937), Chung Hai (9/1937) |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
None |
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Displacement standard, t |
50 |
|
Displacement full, t |
60 |
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Length, m |
25.6 |
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Breadth, m |
4.50 |
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Draught, m |
0.80 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
100 |
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Max speed, kts |
10.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 37/27 Maxim, 1 x 1 - 7.7/87 |
|
Complement |
31 |
Project history: Small river gunboats, actually steam launches. They were built for Canton squadron. On Canton dialect names were read as Chung Yun and Chung Hoi.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Both in September, 1937 were scuttled at Canton (Guangzhou).
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