CHINESE / PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (CHINA / PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 海澄慶 <Hai Ch`ang Ch`ing> | Canton DYd | 1877 | 6/1877 | discarded 1929 |
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Displacement normal, t |
430 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
38.1 |
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Breadth, m |
9.14 |
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Draught, m |
2.41 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
HR |
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Power, h. p. |
70 |
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Max speed, kts |
7.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 40 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 254/14 MLR (British) or 1 x 1 - 279/23 Armstrong 25t MLR, 2 x 1 - 70/25 Krupp BL or 2 x 1 - 76/26 British BL |
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Complement |
Ship project history: Composite-hulled Rendel flatiron gunboat built for Kwangtung fleet. Boat was too lightly built and was not a success.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011