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MACAU river gunboat (1910)

Macau 1943

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Macau     Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK   1909 1910 captured by Japan 8.1943 (舞子 [Maiko])

 

Displacement standard, t

95

Displacement full, t

133

Length, m

36.5

Breadth, m

6.02

Draught, m

0.66

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 1 Yarrow boiler

Power, h. p.

250

Max speed, kts

11.8

Fuel, t

coal
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 57/40 H(tr)57/43, 3 x 1 - 7.7/80

Complement

24

Project history: River steel-hulled gunboat for service in China.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1943 on Japanese request Macau was transferred to them at Macao and 15.8.1943 was commissioned by IJN as Maiko. After war Maiko was transferred to China as Wu Feng and served till 1968.   

Macau 1933

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