Seta 1941
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 勢多 [Seta] | Harima Zosen / Tunghwa SB, Shanghai, China | 4.1922 | 30.6.1922 | 10.1923 | surrendered 8.1945, to China 8.1945 (常德 [Chang Teh]) | ||
| 堅田 [Kataka] | Harima Zosen / Tunghwa SB, Shanghai, China | 4.1922 | 16.7.1922 | 10.1923 | surrendered 8.1945, BU 1946 | ||
| 比良 [Hira] | Mitsubishi, Kobe / Yangtze Eng. Co, Hankow, China | 8.1921 | 14.3.1923 | 8.1923 | damaged 26.11.1944, never repaired | ||
| 保津 [Hozu] | Mitsubishi, Kobe / Yangtze Eng. Co, Hankow, China | 8.1921 | 9.4.1923 | 11.1923 | damaged 26.11.1944, never repaired |
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Displacement normal, t |
338 |
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Displacement full, t |
400 |
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Length, m |
54.9 pp 56.1 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.23 |
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Draught, m |
1.02 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 2-cyl VC, 2 Kampon boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2100 |
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Max speed, kts |
16 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 74 + oil 25 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1750(10) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/40 3-shiki, 6 x 1 - 7.7/80 |
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Complement |
62 |
Project history: River gunboats of Seta class were intended for service on Chinese rivers. Ships had similar characteristics and outwardly resembled predeccessors. Built under the 1921-1928 programme.
Modernizations: 1940, all: - 2 x 1 - 76/40, 6 x 1 - 7.7/80; + 2 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 6 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki
1945, both survived: - 6 x 1 - 25/60; + 5 x 1 - 13.2/76
Naval service: In 1945 both survived gunboats transferred their guns to coastal batteries.
Hozu was sunk on shallow water 26.11.1944 by Chinese aircraft. Hira was hard damaged 26.11.1944 by Chinese aircraft, not repaired and in spring 1945 handed over on demolition. Kataka was hard damaged 18.12.1944 by US aircraft, again damaged 2.4.1945, after war transferred to China, but never entered service.
In 1945 China received Seta.
Seta 1936
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