NAVYPEDIA

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, t	400
Displacement full, t	490
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, t	coal 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

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.