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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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