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MAIKO river gunboat (1909/1943)

Maiko 1943

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
舞子 [Maiko] (ex-Macau)   1276 Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK   1909 1909 // 8.1943 surrendered 8.1945, to China 1946 (五峰 [Wu Feng])

 

Displacement normal, t

133

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

36.5

Breadth, m

6.02

Draught, m

0.66

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE1 Yarrow boiler

Power, h. p.

250

Max speed, kts

11.8

Fuel, t

coal
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 3 x 1 - 7.7/80

Complement

24

Project history: Portuguese river gunboat Macau was captured by Japanese in 1943, commissioned by IJN 15.8.1943 as Maiko.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Maiko surrendered at Canton in August, 1945 and transferred to China.   

Maiko

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

 

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