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CHINTO gunboats (1880 / 1895)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
鎮東 [Chinto] (ex-鎮東 [Chen Tung], ex-Epsilon)   374 Armstrong Mitchell, Low Walker, UK 9/1878 20.1.1879 7/1879 // 2.1895 stricken 6.1906
鎮西 [Chinsei] (ex-鎮西 [Chen Hsi], ex-Zeta)   375 Armstrong Mitchell, Low Walker, UK 9/1878 22.3.1879 7/1879 // 2.1895 merchant TS 5.1908
鎮南 [Chinnan] (ex-鎮南 [Chen Nan], ex-Eta)   376 Armstrong Mitchell, Low Walker, UK 9/1878 5.2.1879 7/1879 // 2.1895 stricken 5.1908
鎮北 [Chimpen] (ex-鎮北 [Chen Pien], ex-Theta)   377 Armstrong Mitchell, Low Walker, UK 9/1878 27.3.1879 7/1879 // 2.1895 stricken 6.1906


Technical data


Displacement normal, t400
Displacement full, t490
Length, m

38.1 pp

Breadth, m

8.84

Draught, m

2.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HC, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

450

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, tcoal 60
Endurance, nm(kts)1400(8)
Armament

1 x 1 - 279/23 Armstrong 35-ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 76/19 12pdr 8cwt Armstrong BLR, 2 x 10 - 11.4/94

Complement

28



Standard scale images


<i>Chinto </i>1895
Chinto 1895


Project history

Steel-hulled Rendel flatiron gunboats built for Beiyang fleet. All were captured by Japanese at Wei-Hai-Wei.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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