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YAMASEMI destroyer

Yamasemi 1938

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
大斑翠鳥 <Yamasemi> (ex-成功 <Chien Kang>, ex-伏波 <Fu Po>)   Schichau, Elbing, Germany 1911 1912 1912 // 1937 stricken 1939

  

Displacement normal, t

390

Displacement full, t

435

Length, m

59.9 wl 60.4 oa

Breadth, m

6.50

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

VTE, 4 Schihau boilers

Power, h. p.

6500

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

coal 80

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/40 QF MkI (41-shiki), 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss (41-shiki), 2 x 1 - 7.7/80, 1 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

69

 Ship project history: Chinese 3rd class destroyer Chien Kang was sunk by Japanese aircraft 27/09/1937 and later salvaged by Japanese, repaired and commissioned by Japanese Navy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Used as patrol escort but stricken in 1939 in cause of poor condition. Real maximal speed after commissioning was not more than 20 kts.

 

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