REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Xian Ning 1949
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 咸寧 [Xian Ning] (ex-咸寧 [Hsien Ning] (ex-興津 [Okitsu], ex-Lepanto)) | CNR, Ancona, Italy | 1925 | 22.5.1927 | 1927 // 7.1949 | stricken 1956 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
700 |
|
Displacement full, t |
~ 850 |
|
Length, m |
62.2 |
|
Breadth, m |
8.69 |
|
Draught, m |
2.59 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 water-tube boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 75 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(10) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 4 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (36) |
| Electronic equipment | 3-shiki 1-go radar |
|
Complement |
184 |
Project history: Former Italian minelayer Lepanto, scuttled by own crew at Shanghai 9.9.1943. In February, 1944 she was salvaged by Japanese and in March commissioned as gunboat. Okitsu was 21.3.1945 hard damaged by American Army aircraft, in August, 1945 she surrendered to Allies and transferred to China. In 1949 the ship escaped to Taiwan.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016