CHINESE / PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (CHINA / PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Kung Sheng 1933
Yen Sheng 1933
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 沂山 <Yi Sheng> | Foochow DYd | 1911 | 1911 | sunk 11/11/1938 | ||
| 運山 <Yung Sheng> | Foochow DYd | 1928 | 1928 | sunk 11/11/1938 | ||
| 昆山 <Kung Sheng> | Foochow DYd | 1931 | 1931 | sunk 10/1938 | ||
| 燕山 <Jen Sheng> | Foochow DYd | 1931 | 1931 | sunk 11/11/1938 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Ye Sheng: 350 Yung Sheng, Kung Sheng, Jen Sheng: 300 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
Ye Sheng: 36.7 Yung Sheng: 38.1 Kung Sheng, Jen Sheng: 36.6 |
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Breadth, m |
Ye Sheng: 6.25 Yung Sheng, Kung Sheng, Jen Sheng: 6.40 |
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Draught, m |
Ye Sheng: 3.35 Yung Sheng: 2.13 Kung Sheng, Jen Sheng: 2.29 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 1 boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
500 |
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Max speed, kts |
10 |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
Ye Sheng: 1 x 1 - 65/60 Schneider-Canet, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87 Yung Sheng, Kung Sheng, Jen Sheng: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Armstrong, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87 |
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Complement |
Ye Sheng: 37 Yung Sheng: 42 Kung Sheng, Jen Sheng: 47 |
Ship project history: Patrols and survey vessels, development of Chen Sheng. In 1938 they were also used as minelayers.
Modernizations: 1938, all: + mines.
Naval service: Kung Sheng in October, 1938 was sunk by Japanese aircraft at Canton (Guangzhou). Yi Sheng, Jen Sheng and Yung Sheng 11/11/1938 were sunk by Japanese aircraft on Yangtze off Yueyang.
Ye Sheng 1929
Yung Sheng 1929
Jen Sheng 1931
© Ivan Gogin, 2011