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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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