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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
済遠 [Sai Yen] (ex-済遠 [Chi Yuan])			Vulcan, Stettin, Germany	16.1.1883	1.12.1883	8.1885 // 26.3.1895	sunk 30.11.1904

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2440
Displacement full, t
Length, m	71.9 pp 75.0 wl
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	5.18
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VC, 2 double-ended cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2800
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	coal 300
Endurance, nm(kts)	1000(8)
Armour, mm	compound - deck: 75, barbettes: 250, cupolas: 51, CT: 38
Armament	1 x 2 - 209/27 RKL/30 C/84, 1 x 1 - 149/32 RKL/35 C/80, 4 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 9 x 5 - 37/20 Hotchkiss Mk I, 4 - 350 TT (beam), 2 torpedo launches
Complement	202

Standard scale images

Project history

The Sai Yen, ex-Chinese Chi Yuan, was captured by Japanese at Wei-Hai-Wei on 12 February 1895.

Ship protection

Protective deck consisted of two layers, upper 25mm steel and lower 50mm iron and protected almost full hull length. Barbettes of 21cm and 15cm guns had 250mm protection, their cupolas were 51mm, ammunition hoists had 76mm protection.

Modernizations

1898: - 4 x 1 - 57/40, 9 x 5 - 37/20; + 8 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I

Naval service

Sai Yen was sunk on Russian mine W of Port Arthur 30.11.1904.