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KIANG KUN river gunboat (1921/1946)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
錢坤 [Kiang Kun] (ex-鳴海 [Narumi], ex-Ermanno Carlotto)     Shanghai Dock   19.6.1918 2/1921 // 8.1945 deleted 1960s


Technical data


Displacement normal, t218
Displacement full, t 
Length, m

48.8

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

0.91

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

1100

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, toil 56
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 76/40 3-shiki, 6 x 1 - 7.7/80

Complement44


Standard scale images


<i>Kiang Kun</i> 1946
Kiang Kun 1946


Project history

Italian river gunboat Ermanno Carlotto was scuttled by crew 9.9.1943 in Shanghai, salvaged by Japanese and entered service as Narumi 15.10.1943. In August, 1945 she was transferred by Allies to China.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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