FALCON river gunboat (1, 1931)

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Falcon 1931

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Falcon	T65	1593	Yarrow, Scotstoun		18.5.1931	9.1931	stricken 3.1941, to China 2.1942 (英德 [Ying Teh])

Displacement standard, t	372
Displacement full, t	470
Length, m	45.7
Breadth, m	8.76
Draught, m	1.83 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2250
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	oil 89
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 87/13 mountain howitzer Mk I, 2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 10 x 1 - 7.7/94
Complement	55

Falcon 1931

Small gunboat designed for service on the Chinese rivers and represented the further development of WWI-era "Fly" class.

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