PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
五峰 [Wu Feng] | Tsingtao DYd | 1911 | 1912 | 1912 | patrol 1922, scuttled 11.8.1937 |
Displacement normal, t |
200 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
37.8 |
Breadth, m |
6.10 |
Draught, m |
2.10 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler |
Power, h. p. |
300 |
Max speed, kts |
10 |
Fuel, t |
coal 30 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss |
Complement |
46 |
Project history: Built in 1911-1912 under order of Marine ministry as admiral yacht for Northern fleet.
Modernizations: 1922: - 4 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 65/50 Schneider-Canet M1902
Naval service: Since the end of 1920s she was used as patrol. 29.9.1937 Wu Feng was sunk by aircraft from carriers Ryujo and Hosho at Canton (Guangzhou).
Wu Feng 1921
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