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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
大斑翠鳥 [Yamasemi] (ex-成功 [Chien Kang], ex-伏波 [Fu Po])		876	Schichau, Elbing, Germany	1911	1912	1912 // 1937	stricken 1939

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	390
Displacement full, t	435
Length, m	59.9 wl 60.4 oa
Breadth, m	6.50
Draught, m	1.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 Schihau boilers
Power, h. p.	6500
Max speed, kts	32
Fuel, t	coal 80
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/40 41-shiki, 2 x 1 - 47/40 41-shiki, 2 x 1 - 7.7/80, 1 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	69

Standard scale images

Project history

Chinese 3rd class destroyer Chien Kang was sunk by Japanese aircraft 27/09/1937 and later salvaged by Japanese, repaired and commissioned by Japanese Navy.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Used as patrol escort but stricken in 1939 in cause of poor condition. Real maximal speed after commissioning was not more than 20kts.

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