CHINESE / PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (CHINA / PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
nearly sister-ship Cheng Pei 1894
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
海澄慶 [Hai Ch`ang Ch`ing] | Canton DYd | 1877 | 6.1877 | discarded 1929 |
Displacement normal, t |
430 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
38.1 |
Breadth, m |
9.14 |
Draught, m |
2.41 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 HR |
Power, h. p. |
70 |
Max speed, kts |
7.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 40 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 279/12 Armstrong 25t MLR, 2 x 1 - 76/28 Armstrong 12pdr BLR |
Complement |
Project history: Composite-hulled Rendel flatiron gunboat built for Kwangtung fleet. Boat was too lightly built and was not a success.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011