PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Ying Hao 1942
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 英雄 <Ying Hao> (ex-Sandpiper) | Thornycroft, Woolston, UK | 9/6/1933 | 8/1933 // 2/1942 | discarded 1966 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
185 |
|
Displacement full, t |
215 |
|
Length, m |
51.0 |
|
Breadth, m |
9.35 |
|
Draught, m |
0.63 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
VTE, 1 Admiralty 3-drum boiler |
|
Power, h. p. |
600 |
|
Max speed, kts |
11.25 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 26 |
|
Armament |
1 õ 1 - 87/13 Mtn how, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 8 x 1 - 7.7/94 |
|
Complement |
35 |
Ship project history: Ying Hao was former British river gunboats Sandpiper, built specially for service on Chinese rivers. 8/2/1942 she was presented by British Government to China.
Modernizations: None
Naval service: In 1949 Ying Hao was commissioned by PRC Navy.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011