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10 feet; depth, 7.6 feet; speed, 14 miles.

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She is

Her armament will consist of a Krupp gun

equipped with searchlight apparatus and wireless tele-

graphy.

forward and 4 Maxims, one aft, one on either side of

the bridge and one on the fighting top.

Both the "Klang Ta" and the "Kiang Chi" as well

as the one completed by the Chinese shipbuilding yard

have undergone their trials and given great satisfac-

They have already arrived in Canton and will

shortly be commissioned.

tion.

The original specification provided for a draught

of only about three and a half feet, but the require-

ments in the way of cabin space and fitting subsequent-;

ly put forward by the Naval authorities, as well as

the heavy armament, have resulted in a draught of six

feet, and it is feared that the patrol vessels will

after all be useless for their real purpose, namely

fast work in shallow creeks.

By an error in the specifications the vessels

will only run fourteen miles and not fourteen knots as

intended.

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