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Chu Yiu 1929  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
楚同 [Chu Tung]			Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan		12.6.1906	1906	discarded 1960s
楚谦 [Chu Chien]			Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan		31.7.1906	1906	scuttled 11.8.1937
楚泰 [Chu Tai]			Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan		25.9.1906	1906	sunk 19.4.1941
楚豫 [Chu Yu]			Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan		21.2.1907	1907	sunk 2.10.1937
楚有 [Chu Yiu]			Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan		1.4.1907	1907	scuttled 29.9.1937
楚观 [Chu Kuan]			Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan		14.8.1907	1907	to Taiwan 7.1949

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	579
Displacement full, t	752
Length, m	57.9 pp 61.0 oa
Breadth, m	9.00
Draught, m	2.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	1350
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	coal 150
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong BB, 2 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 4 x 1 - 6.5/115
Complement	117

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Project history

Increased and stronger armed variant of Kiang Yuan class.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Chu Yu was hard damaged 28-29.9.1937 and sunk 2.10.1937 by aircraft from Japanese carrier Kaga on Yangtze at Jiangyin. Chu Tai 1.6.1938 was damaged by Japanese aircraft at Fuzhou and ran aground; she was ultimately destroyed there by aircraft 19.4.1941. Chu Yiu 29.9.1937 was scuttled at Tsingtao. Chu Chien, Chu Kuan and Chu Tung in the autumn of 1938 were damaged on Yangtze and disarmed (on other data, Chu Chien was scuttled to fairway barrage 11.8.1937), their guns were landed; nevertheless, they were registered in fleet list till the end of war. Further fate of Chu Chien is unknown; Chu Kuan in 1949 escaped to Taiwan, she was stricken in 1960s. Chu Tung served under PRC flag till 1960s.