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Ming Chuen 1930  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
明川 [Ming Chuen], 1949- 咸寧 [Hsien Ning], 1950s- 張江 [Zhangjiang]	53, 1980- 219		Kiangnan DYd, Shanghai	1.1929	21.9.1929	1.1930	memorial 1984

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	455
Displacement full, t	500
Length, m	61.8
Breadth, m	7.92
Draught, m	1.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	16.6
Fuel, t	coal 120
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 120/45 Armstrong QF, 1 x 1 - 102/45 Armstrong QF, 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr Armstrong QF, 2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss QF, 1 x 1 - 3pdr 47/40 Hotchkiss QF
Complement	146

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Project history

Slightly increased variant of Hsien Ning with slightly changed armament.

Modernizations

1960s, Zhangjian: was armed with 2 x 2 - 37/73 type 69, 3 x 2 - 25/68 type 61, radar

Naval service

In 1949 Ming Chuan was commissioned by Navy of Peoples Republic of China as Hsien Ning, then Chang Chiang. She served in PRC Naval Forces up to the end of 1970s and since 1984 was preserved as memorial.