PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Fu Po 1946
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 伏波 <Fu Po> (ex-Petunia) | Robb, Leith, UK | 12/1939 | 19/9/1940 | 1/1941 // 1/1946 | collision 19/3/1947 | |
| 開封 <Kaifeng> (ex-Cloverlock, ex-Clover) | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, UK | 7/1940 | 30/1/1941 | 5/1941 // 1949 | survey vessel 1975 | |
| <?> (ex-Maw Hwa, ex-Tenacity, ex-Candytuft) | Grangemouth, UK | 10/1939 | 8/7/1940 | 10/1940 // 1949? | stricken early 1950s? | |
| 臨沂 <Linyi> (ex-Ziang Teh, ex-Heliolock, ex-Surprise, ex-Heliotrope) | Crown, Sunderland, UK | 10/1939 | 5/6/1940 | 9/1940 // 1949 | deleted 1979 |
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Displacement standard, t |
925 |
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Displacement full, t |
1170 |
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Length, m |
57.9 pp 62.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.14 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2750 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 230 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
3500(12) |
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Armament |
Fu Po: 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72) Kaifeng: 2 x 1 - 100/56 B-34, 1 x 1 - 45/68 21KM, 4 x 1 - 37/67 70K Linyi: 2 x 1 - 100/56 B-34, 2 x 1 - 37/67 70K |
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Sensors |
Fu Po: type 286, 290 radars, sonar |
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Complement |
109 |
Ship project history: Fu Po was transferred to China by Royal Navy, three other ships were Flower class corvettes, sold for mercantile service and later rearmed by PRC. Also they received Soviet weapons.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Fu Po collided with s/s Hai Ming 19/3/1947 in Formosa Strait and sank. Kaifeng was converted to survey vessel in 1974-1975, disarmed and served in this role till 1989. One more ship, ex-Maw Hwa, may also been rearmed, but if so she was no longer in service by the mid-1950s.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011