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PARTICULARS OF CHINESE NAVAL VESSELS ANCHORED IN
HONG KONG HARBOUR, OBTAINED ON 15TH NOVEMBER,
Tzu Yu Chung Kuo
IBUYU CHEUNG KUO
1939.
CHEE YAU CHUNG KOK
(
NAME
FREEDOM OF CHINA
(Romanised version of Mandarin name)
"Cantonese " )
11
(Literal English equivalent)
(Chinese written name)
Anchored at Shum Shui Po.
CLASS OF VESSEL
Chinese Naval Training Vessel.
LOCATION
ARMAMENT
J
W
For'd- 1 12 pounder Breech Loading gun, British (Armstrong)
manufacture, No. 7498 dated 1891. Inside diameter of barrel 3 inches.
Aft
- 1 6 pounder Breech Loading gun, Chinese manufacture,
made at Kiangnan Arsenal. Inside diameter of barrel 24 inches.
DIMENSIONS
ENGINES
Note
J
There is no ammunition on board for these guns.
40 pcs. Chinese Rifles and about 7,000 rounds of ammunition.
**
Length 240 feet. Breadth 44 feet. Depth 27 feet. Loaded draught - 16 feet.
Single screw steamer, triple expansion engine.
TONNAGE
Nett Tonnage
T
1,300.
CARGO STORED
Forward hold
M
25 torpedoes without war heads.
ON BOARD
After hold
REMARKS
-
25 torpedo war heads.
31 c/s machinery.
After deck
2
apparently new, single screw Italian speed boats - said to be capable of 40 knots.
This vessel came from North Borneo to Hong Kong prior to the Sino-Japanese hostilities, and has remained here ever since.
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