Chinese cruiser Hai Yung
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Name | Hai Yung |
Builder | Vulcan |
Launched | 15 September 1897 |
Completed | 1898 |
Fate | Scuttled 11 August 1937 |
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Type | Hai Yung-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 2680 tons |
Length | 328 ft (100.0 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 9 in (12.4 m) |
Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft reciprocating VTE, 7,500 ihp (5,600 kW), 8 cylindrical boilers, 200–580 tons coal |
Speed | 19.5 knots (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h) |
Complement | 244 |
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Hai Yung (
Gelderland-class cruisers.[2] Germany itself would increase the number of similar ships for its own navy starting with the Gazelle class and its faster successors up until World War I
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In 1906 Hai Yung was sent on a six-month journey to survey the conditions of overseas Chinese communities in South-East Asia.Chusan Islands. Hsin-Yu sank with the loss of about 1,000 lives.[4]
Hai Yung and her
the revolution and were obsolete by 1935, when they were discarded.[5] They all were scuttled as blockships in the Yangtze on 11 August 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.[6]
References
- ^ Conways, p. 397
- ^ Wright, p. 111
- ^ Wright, p. 123
- ^ "Chinese transport sunk". The Times. No. 41150. London. 25 April 1916. col B, p. 4.
- ISBN 0-85177-245-5, p. 396.
- ISBN 0-8317-0302-4, p. 397.
Bibliography
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- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York: Mayflower Books. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Wright, R., The Chinese Steam Navy, 1862–1945 (London, 2001)