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TUNG CHI unprotected cruiser (1896)
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Tung Chi 1929
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 同濟 [Tung Chi] | Foochow DYd | 1893 | 1894 | 8/1896 | TS 1909, scuttled 11.8.1937 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1900 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 77.0 pp |
| Breadth, m | 10.4 |
| Draught, m | 4.88 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 VC, 4 boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 1600 |
| Max speed, kts | 11.6 |
| Fuel, t | coal 200 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong U, 5 x 1 - 120/45 Armstrong Y, 3 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss |
| Complement | 335 |
Standard scale images
Tung Chi 1933
Graphics
Tung Chi 1929
Project history
Laid down at Fuzhou as transport Chien Chung; in 1896 it has been decided to complete ship as unprotected training cruiser for Shanghai flotilla, in the end of the same year, soon after commission, ship was renamed Tung Chi. The first steel-hulled ship completely built in China.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
11.8.1937 Tung Chi was scuttled on Yangtze at Jiangyin for fairway barrage.
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