CHIEN YU river gunboats (1929)

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
簡毓 [Chien Yu]			Bailey, Hong Kong		1928	1929	probably sunk 9.1937
簡健 [Chien Shun]			Bailey, Hong Kong		1929	1929	probably sunk 9.1937

Displacement standard, t	225
Displacement full, t
Length, m	36.8
Breadth, m	6.50
Draught, m	1.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.	400
Max speed, kts	10.5
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 12 x 1 - 7.7/87
Complement	52

Built for Canton squadron. Ships had lattice masts and splinterproof armour. On Canton dialect names were read as Kin Yu and Chip Shun.

None.

Authentic data about fate are absent; possibly, in September, 1937 both were sunk by Japanese aircraft at Canton (Guangzhou).

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