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MAIKO river gunboat (1909 / 1943)


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Maiko Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
舞子 [Maiko] (ex-Macau)   1276 Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK   1909 1909 // 8.1943 surrendered 8.1945, to China 1946 (五峰 [Wu Feng])


Technical data


Displacement normal, t133
Displacement full, t 
Length, m

36.5

Breadth, m

6.02

Draught, m

0.66

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE,  1 Yarrow boiler

Power, h. p.

250

Max speed, kts

11.8

Fuel, tcoal
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 3 x 1 - 7.7/80

Complement24


Standard scale images


<i>Maiko</i> 1943
Maiko 1943


Graphics


<i> Maiko</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>  
Maiko Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.  


Project history

Portuguese river gunboat Macau was captured by Japanese in 1943, commissioned by IJN 15.8.1943 as Maiko.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Maiko surrendered at Canton in August, 1945 and transferred to China.   



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.