NAVYPEDIA

Support the project with paypal


HOME
FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
CHINA
OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS
HSIEN NING gunboat (1929)


Photo



Hsien Ning 1929  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
咸寧 [Hsien Ning]     Kiangnan DYd, Shanghai 4.1928 16.8.1928 1.1929 sunk 13.7.1938


Technical data


Displacement standard, t418
Displacement full, t~500
Length, m51.8 pp 54.9 oa
Breadth, m7.32
Draught, m1.98
No of shafts2
Machinery2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.2500
Max speed, kts17
Fuel, tcoal
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament1 x 1 - 120/45 Armstrong QF, 1 x 1 - 102/45 Armstrong QF, 3 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss QF, 1 x 1 - 47/50 3pdr Vickers QF
Complement115


Standard scale images


<i>Hsien Ning </i>1937
Hsien Ning 1937


Graphics


<i>Hsien Ning </i> 1929  
Hsien Ning 1929  


Project history

Lead ship in a series of ships built by Kiangnan in Shanghai for Chinese Navy. All subsequent gunboats of Chinese construction to some extent were development of Hsien Ning though could differ significantly in dimensions and armament structure. Intended for service in inshore waters and on large rivers. She was projected on the basis of river gunboats, built by the same builder in 1926-1927 for US Navy in number of 6 ships, but differed by coal-firing boilers and presence of accommodations for admiral and headquarters. Low-free-board hull with a low forecastle.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

13.7.1938 Hsien Ning was sunk by Japanese aircraft on Yangtze between Matang and Hankow (Wuhan).