Chinese gunboat Zhongshan
SS Zhongshan
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History | |
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Republic of China | |
Ordered | 1910 |
Builder | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Nagasaki Dockyard |
Laid down | 1910 |
Launched | 1912 |
Commissioned | 1913 |
Maiden voyage | March 1913 |
Renamed | 1925 |
Fate | Sunk during the Battle of Wuhan on October 24, 1938 |
Status | Recovered in 1997 and restored as a museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Yongfeng-class gunboat |
Displacement | 780 tons |
Length | 65.873 m (216.12 ft) |
Beam | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
Draught | 3.048 m (10.00 ft) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 140 |
Armament |
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SS Zhongshan | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Yǒngfēng Jiàn |
Wade–Giles | Yung-feng Chien |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Wing1-fung5 Laam6 |
SS Zhongshan,
Construction
SS Yongfeng was the first of four
Service history
Yongfeng entered service as part of the Beiyang Fleet.[8] In March 1913, it sailed to Shanghai, where it was based at Yuezhou.[9]
It sailed south with
Just prior to
On 13 April 1925, the ship was renamed in honor of Sun Yat-sen,[9] better known in China as "Sun Zhongshan", following his death the previous month.
In November 1925, the Nationalist navy was placed under the direction of the
She patrolled the southern coasts of China against
In the
Recovery
Hubei's provincial cultural department received permission to plan the recovery of Zhongshan in 1986,[9] and the wreck was salvaged from the Yangtze on 28 January 1997.[9] By 2001, it was restored to its appearance c. 1925, except for some of the damage which it sustained when the ship was sunk in 1938.[9] The restored Zhongshan is now located in the Zhongshan Warship Museum in Wuhan. The facility has been described as "China's first floating museum".[9]
The museum is located in
Gallery
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The restored Zhongshan inside the museum
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Zhongshan seen from the stern
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Damage the ship sustained during her sinking
See also
- Sun Yat-sen, an American Liberty ship
- Chinese battleship Dingyuan, a replica of this ship was constructed which operates as a museum ship in Weihai.
References
Citations
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 7.
- ^ Li Chien-nung (1956), Teng, Ssu-yu; et al. (eds.), The Political History of China, 1840–1928, Stanford: Stanford University Press, p. 501.
- ^ Hsu, Long-hsuen; et al. (1972), History of the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), Chung Wu Pub..
- ^ Shaw, Raynor (2007), Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Odyssey, p. 209.
- ^ ISBN 9781504016278.
- ISBN 9780674576520.
- ^ Chessum (2005).
- ^ a b c d Ships of China, Jingdao Chuban Youxian Gongsi, 1988, p. 115. (in Chinese) & (in English)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Cultural relics of Zhong Shan Gunboat on Display at Museum of Coastal Defence", Press Releases, Leisure and Cultural Services Dep't of the Gov't of the Hong Kong Special Admin. Region, January 2003.
- ^ Dreyer (1995), p. 104.
- ^ a b Biographical Dictionary of Republican China, Vol. III, "Chiang Kai-shek", p. 322.
- ^ "Cultural Relics of Zhong Shan Gunboat on Display at Museum of Coastal Defence". Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. January 2003. Archived from the original on 2010-06-07..
- ^ a b Elleman, Bruce (2009), Moscow and the Emergence of Communist Power in China, 1925–30: The Nanchang Uprising and the Birth of the Red Army, Abingdon: Routledge, p. 24.
- ^ "Ship Sinks off Waglan". Hong Kong Telegraph. 16 January 1929..
- ^ "Zhongshan Warship settled in Wuhan museum". People's Daily. May 28, 2008.
Bibliography
- Dreyer, Edward L. (1995), China at War, 1901–1941, Abingdon: Routledge, ISBN 9781317899846.
- Chessum, David (2005), "Warships for Export", Bob Henneman, archived from the original on 2007-02-03.
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