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CHEN HAI wooden gunboats (1872-1873)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
鎮海 [Chen Hai]     Foochow DYd 3.1871 28.11.1871 7.1872 stricken 1912
靖遠 [Ching Yuan]     Foochow DYd 1871 21.8.1872 1873 survey vessel 1918
振威 [Chen Wei]     Foochow DYd 1872 11.12.1872 1873 sunk 23.8.1884


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

578

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

49.0

Breadth, m

7.99

Draught, m3.20
No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HSE, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

480

Max speed, kts10
Fuel, tcoal
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr MLR, 2 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton BLR

Complement70


Project history

Wooden-hulled fully-rigged gunboat. Chen Hai was built for Peyang fleet, Ching Yuan for Nanyang fleet and Chen Wei for Fukien fleet.

Modernizations

1890, Chen Hai: + 2 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton BLR

1890, Chang Yuan: - 1 x 1 - 160/16; + 2 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton BLR

Naval service

Chen Wei was sunk by French ships 23.8.1884 in the battle at Foochow. Chen Hai since 1890s really served as torpedo depot ship. Ching Yuan served as TS since 1890s, after WWI she was converted to survey vessel and was in the fleet list in 1930s.

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