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YUNG SUI gunboat (1929)


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Yung Sui 1929  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
永巽 [Yung Sui]     Kiangnan DYd, Shanghai 5.1928 27.1.1929 1929 stricken 1975


Technical data


Displacement standard, t650
Displacement full, t~800
Length, m68.0 pp
Breadth, m9.12
Draught, m1.83
No of shafts2
Machinery2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.4000
Max speed, kts18.5
Fuel, tcoal
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament1 x 1 - 152/50 Armstrong QF, 1 x 1 - 120/45 Armqstrong QF, 3 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr Armstrong QF, 4 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss QF, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II
Complement100


Standard scale images


<i>Yung Sui </i>1955
Yung Sui 1955
<i>Yung Sui </i>1933
Yung Sui 1933


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<i>Yung Sui </i> 1929  
Yung Sui 1929  


Project history

Further development of Hsien Ning. Ship stored general arrangement and appearance of the predecessor, but differed by higher and stretched forecastle with characteristic break, improved hull form, increased machinery power and significantly strengthened armament.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In April, 1949 Yung Sui was sunk by communists forces on Yangtze, subsequently salvaged and commissioned by PRC Navy under former name.