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Kiang Yuan 1929  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
江元 [Kiang Yuan]			Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan // Kiangnan, Shanghai		16.11.1904	1905	stricken 1963
江亨 [Kiang Heng]			Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan // Kiangnan, Shanghai		25.6.1907	1907	sunk 31.10.1929
江利 [Kiang Li]			Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan // Kiangnan, Shanghai		18.8.1907	1907	scuttled 25.12.1937
江貞 [Kiang Chen]			Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan // Kiangnan, Shanghai		18.9.1907	1907	scuttled 12.11.1938

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	565
Displacement full, t
Length, m	51.8 pp 54.1 oa
Breadth, m	8.50
Draught, m	2.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	950
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	coal 113
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong BB, 1 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 6.5/115
Complement	85

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Project history

Built in Japan and assembled from sections by Kiangnan in Shanghai. Low-board ships, able to serve in coastal waters and on the rivers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Kiang Heng in 1919 passed to Sungari and 31.10.1929 was sunk in Fujin by Soviet seaplane during the conflict on Chinese Eastern Railroad. She was salvaged by Chineses, then was captured by Japanese, but was never repaired and broken up in 1935. Kiang Yuan in autumn of 1938 was damaged on Yangtze and disarmed with her artillery landed, but repaired in 1942. Since 1949 she served under PRC flag under former name till 1963. Kiang Chen 27.10.1938 was damaged by Japanese aircraft on Yangtze off Hankow (Wuhan); 12.11.1938 scuttled at Hankow. Kiang Li 25.12.1937 was scuttled at Tsingtao.