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Delta 1876

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
飛霆 [Fei Ting] (ex-Gamma)     Mitchell, Chesterfield, UK 12.1875 1876 12.1876 discarded 1929
策電 [Tse Tien] (ex-Delta)     Mitchell, Chesterfield, UK 12.1875 1876 12.1876 discarded 1929


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

420

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

36.6

Breadth, m

9.14

Draught, m

2.44

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HCR, 1 cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

270

Max speed, kts

9.5

Fuel, tcoal
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armour, mmiron; shield: 13, CT: 13
Armament

1 x 1 - 318/16 Armstrong 38-ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 70/22 RK L/25 C/73, 1 x 4 - 25/42 Nordenfelt

Complement30


Standard scale images


nearly sister-ship <i>Cheng Pei </i>1894
nearly sister-ship Cheng Pei 1894


Graphics


<i>Delta </i>1876
Delta 1876


Project history

Iron-hulled Rendel flatiron gunboats for the Nanyang fleet. Boats were designed by G. Rendel and ordered in April, 1875. They had two tripod masts and one funnels and were rigged as topsail schooners.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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