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KUANG YUAN composite shallow draught gunboats (1886)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
廣元 [Kuang Yuan]     Whampoa, Canton     1886 discarded 1929
廣亨 [Kuang Heng]     Whampoa, Canton     1886 discarded 1929
廣利 [Kuang Li]     Whampoa, Canton     1886 discarded 1929
廣貞 [Kuang Chien]     Whampoa, Canton     1886 discarded 1929


Technical data


Displacement normal, t300
Displacement full, t 
Length, m33.8
Breadth, m5.49
Draught, m2.29
No of shafts2
Machinery2 HR
Power, h. p.65 - 78
Max speed, kts9 - 10
Fuel, tcoal
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 149/32 RK L/35 C/80, 1 x 1 - 88/32 SK L/35 C/80, 3 x 1 - 37/42 Nordenfelt

Complement 


Project history

Composite-hulled shallow draught gunboats for Canton fleet. Intended to guard the entrances to Canton.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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