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MANCHURIAN NAVY (MANCHUKUO)

COASTAL FORCES

SHUN TSU river patrol launch (1919/1933)

Names

顺祖 [Shun Tsu] (ex-Барс [Bars])

Builders

Motovilikha Wks, Russia: Shun Tsu

Commissioned

1919 // 1933: Shun Tsu

Losses

Shun Tsu (10.8.1945)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

15

Length, m

18.3

Breadth, m

3.00

Draught, m

0.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

100

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 6.5/115

Complement

14

Project history: Former Russian armoured MGB Bars built in 1919 by Motovilikha (Perm) for White Kama flotilla. 6.1.1920 she was captured by Reds at Krasnoyarsk and transferred to Amur. 22.10.1922 boat received damages during a storm on lake Khanka and was abandoned by crew. She was salvaged by Chineses, in 1932 transferred to Manchukuo and commissioned in 1933 after repair. Japanese name was Kokonoe.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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