NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
憲34 [Shi 34] 憲102 [Shi 102] 憲181 [Shi 181] 憲223 [Shi 223] 温42 [Wen 42] 温88 [Wen 88] 温93 [Wen 93] 温171 [Wen 171] 嚴53 [Yan 53] 嚴92 [Yan 92] 嚴161 [Yan 161] 嚴164 [Yan 164] 4 others survived Wen 42, 88, 93, 171 and Yan 53, 161 and 164 were 9.1939 renamed as: 成功 [Chenggong] 天祥 [Tiangxiang] 忠武 [Chungmu]  武穆[Wumu] 西關 [Xiguan] 亭武 [Tingbi] 憲之 [Kefa]	Thornycroft, Woolston, UK: Shi 34, 102, 181, 223, Wen 42, 88, 93, 171, Yan 53, 92, 161, 164	1936: Shi 34, 102, 181, 223, Wen 42, 88, 93, 171 1938: Yan 53, 92, 161, 164	incomplete: 2 boats requisitioned by United Kingdom: 2 boats (MTB26, 27) Shi 34 (29.9.1937), Shi 102 (16.8.1937), Shi 181 (13.11.1937), Shi 223 (27.7.1938), Yan 92 (24.10.1938 captured by Japan), Chenggogng (9/1944), Tiangxiang (9/1944), Chungmu (9/1944), Wumu (9/1944), Xiguan (9/1944), Tingbi (9/1944), Kefa (9/1944)	none	none

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	12.5
Displacement full, t	14
Length, m	16.8
Breadth, m	3.35
Draught, m	1.07
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Thornycroft petrol engines
Power, h. p.	1060
Max speed, kts	45
Fuel, t	petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 2 - 7.7/87, 2 - 450 TT
Complement	5

Standard scale images

Project history

8 first boat were ordered in 1935-1936: 4 for Canton squadron and 4 for Yangtze. Building numbers were 2324-2327 and 2336-2339). Other 8 boats were ordered in 1937 or 1938. 4 boats (building numbers 2389-2392) were transferred to Chinese Navy at Hong Kong in the mid-1938, and 2 (Nos2395, 2396), completed in September, 1938 and already delivered to Hong Kong, were requisitioned and in 1939 were commissioned by Royal Navy as MTB26 and 27.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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