Chien Yu river gunboats (1929)

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
簡毓 [Chien Yu]			Bailey, Hong Kong		1928	1929	probably sunk 9.1937
簡健 [Chien Shun]			Bailey, Hong Kong		1929	1929	probably sunk 9.1937

Displacement standard, t	225
Displacement full, t
Length, m	36.8
Breadth, m	6.50
Draught, m	1.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.	400
Max speed, kts	10.5
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 12 x 1 - 7.7/87
Complement	52

Project history: Built for Canton squadron. Ships had lattice masts and splinterproof armour. On Canton dialect names were read as Kin Yu and Chip Shun.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Authentic data about fate are absent; possibly, in September, 1937 both were sunk by Japanese aircraft at Canton (Guangzhou).

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CHIEN YU river gunboats (1929)