REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Chu Yun 1970
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
劍門 [Jian Men] (ex-Toucan) | PCE45 | American SB, Cleveland, USA | 2.1944 | 15.9.1944 | 11.1944 // 12.1964 | sunk 6.8.1965 | |
武勝 [Wu Sheng] (ex-Redstart) | PCE66, 1983- 866 | Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., USA | 6.1944 | 18.10.1944 | 4.1945 // 7.1963 | stricken 1992 | |
居庸 [Ju Yong] (ex-Waxwing) | PCE67, 1983- 867 | American SB, Cleveland, USA | 5.1944 | 10.3.1945 | 8.1945 // 11.1965 | stricken 1992 | |
平靖 [Ping Jing] (ex-Steady) | PCE70, 1983- 870 | American SB, Cleveland, USA | 11.1941 | 6.6.1942 | 11.1942 // 3.1968 | deleted 1993 |
Displacement standard, t |
890 |
Displacement full, t |
1250 |
Length, m |
65.5 wl 67.4 oa |
Breadth, m |
9.80 |
Draught, m |
3.28 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 electric motors, 2 General Motors diesel-generators |
Power, h. p. |
2880 |
Max speed, kts |
18 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 200 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 6370 (16.5) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21/22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 2 DCR |
Electronic equipment | SPS-5 radar, SQS-17 sonar |
Complement |
80 |
Project history: Former USN Auk class minesweepers. Minesweeping gear was removed and armament was strengthened during transfer.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Jian Men was sunk by Chinese warships S of Quemoy.
Wu Sheng
© Ivan Gogin, 2016