Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
天戟 [Tien Chi] | Kiangnan DYd | 1868 | 1868 | discarded 1902 |
Displacement normal, t |
600 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
56.4 |
Breadth, m |
8.30 |
Draught, m |
|
No of shafts |
side wheels |
Machinery |
1 HSE, 1 rectangular boiler |
Power, h. p. |
150 |
Max speed, kts |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
15 x 1 - 155/8 SBML howitzers |
Complement |
Project history: First Chinese-built warship. Wooden hull, boiler was made by an dockyard but her engine was a second-hand purchased from scrapped old vessel. Served on Yangtze.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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