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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
飛鴻 [Fei Hung]			New York SB, Camden, USA	1910	4.5.1912	--- // 14.5.1914	sold before commission to Greece (Έλλη [Elli])

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2600
Displacement full, t	2750
Length, m	97.5 pp 98.1 oa
Breadth, m	11.9
Draught, m	4.26
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Parsons steam turbines, 3 Thornycroft watertube boilers
Power, h. p.	7500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	coal 600 + oil 100
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(10)
Armour, mm	deck: 25 with 51mm slopes, CT: 50
Armament	2 x 1 - 152/45 Armstrong NN, 4 x 1 - 102/50 Armstrong P, 2 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/27 Maxim, 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	232

Standard scale images

Project history

Cruiser was built in the USA under Chinese order as Fei Hung and completed in November, 1913, but after Chinese Revolution of 1912 she was not redeemed by customer and 14.5.1914 she was sold to Greece, being renamed Elli (in English-speaking sources often there is writing Helle).    On an original design she was close to British-built Chinese cruisers Chao Ho and Jing Swei, in particular, she had forecastle and poop, boilers with coal/oil combustion and mixed artillery. On trials she shown 20.3kts at 8640hp.

Ship protection

Ship was protected by only main deck with slopes, covered machinery.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014