Chinese gunboat Minquan
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Name | Minquan |
Builder | Jiangnan Shipyard |
Laid down | 16 January 1929[1] |
Launched | 21 September 1929[1] |
Completed | January 1930[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat[1] |
Displacement | 460 long tons (467 t)[1] |
Length | 196.7 ft (60.0 m)[1] |
Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m)[1] |
Draught | 6 ft (1.8 m)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h)[1] |
Complement | 115[1] |
Armament | |
Minquan was a gunboat of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN). It was constructed at the Jiangnan Shipyard and completed in 1930.[1] During the Second World War, it was part of the ROCN's Second Squadron.[2]
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[edit]Sources
[edit]- Wright, Richard N.J. (2000). The Chinese Steam Navy 1862-1945. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1861761449.