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SANDPIPER river gunboat

Sandpiper 1933

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sandpiper T41 Thornycroft, Woolston   9/6/1933 8/1933 to China 2/1942 (Ying Hao)

 

 

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: Small gunboat designed for service on the Chinese rivers and represented the further development of WWI-era "Fly" class. Sandpiper was designed for actions on shoal and had very small draught.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: No significant events.

       Sandpiper 1933

 

 

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