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OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

KWANGTUNG gunboats (1868)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
廣東 [Kwangtung], later- 飞沙 [An Lan]     Denny, Dumbarton, UK   1868 4.1868 discarded 1929
山東 [Shantung], later- 陈涛 [Chen T`ao]     Denny, Dumbarton, UK   1868 4.1868 discarded 1929

 

Displacement normal, t

440

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

42.7

Breadth, m

7.24

Draught, m

2.74

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HR, 3 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

255

Max speed, kts

9.3

Fuel, t

coal 45

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 178/16 Armstrong MLR, 2 x 1 - 95/21 Armstrong 20pdr 16cwt RBL

Complement

60

Project history: Composite-hulled, brig-rigged vessels for Kwangtung fleet.

Modernizations: 1891, both: - 2 x 1 - 95/21; + 2 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton BLR

Naval service: No significant events.

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