Nanshin
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 南海 [Nankai] (ex-Regulus) | Sourabaya Droogdok, Netherlands / Japan | 1941 | 21.5.1943 | 6.1944 | sunk 16.7.1945 | ||
| 南進 [Nanshin] (ex-Ram) | Tandjong Priok Droogdok, Netherlands / Japan | 1941 | 10.12.1941 | --- | BU incomplete 1946 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2400 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
77.2 pp 85.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.0 |
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Draught, m |
3.80 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
4800 |
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Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
Nankai: 2 x 2 - 120/45 10-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 DCT, mines Nanshin: 3 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 DCT, mines |
| Electronic equipment | 3-shiki 1-go radar |
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Complement |
120 |
Project history: The Dutch minelayers Ram and Regulus, laid down in 1941 in Indonesia. Before capture of latter by Japanese Ram was launched and in February, 1942 incomplete hull was towed to Tjilajap, where it has been scuttled 2.3.1942. After some time hull was raised by Japanese, renamed Nanshin and conversion to gunboat was started. To the end of war of work had not been completed. Sister-ship Regulus at the moment of capture by Japanese was in dock in Surabaya. She was completed by Japanese and commissioned as gunboat Nankai.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Nanshin 16.7.1945 was sunk in 150nm W off Surabaya by American submarine Blenny.
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