Khanka class gunboat

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Khanka-class Gunboat
Class overview
Name Khanka-class Gunboat
Operators Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Built 8
Active 5
Destroyed 3
General Characteristics
Type Gunboat
Displacement
  • 970 tons standard
  • 1150 tons full load
Length 70.5 metres (231 ft)
Beam 11.2 metres (37 ft)
Draught 3.4 metres (11 ft)
Propulsion 2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Power
  • 4 coal-fired boiler
  • 900 ihp (670 kW)
Speed 12 kts
Range 1600 nm at 9 kts
Complement 140
Armament
  • 2 × 120mm/45 KO 1892 g gun
  • 2 (in first four), 4 (in later four) × 76.2mm/40 KO 1900 g gun
  • 2 37/40 mm KO 1892 g gun (in first four)
  • 40 mines
Armour Conning tower: 27 mm


Development

This class were large series of gunboats intended to serve in Chinese rivers and colonial waters. Their draught was specially low for riverine operations. Initial 4 units had different configuration of two 120mm guns fitted in casemats aside the forecastle-break. Of the initial 4 units, only Hulun survived the Far eastern- Japanese war. 4 aditional units were laid down during the war with different armament configuration. The two 120mm guns were located in front and aft centerline and 76mm guns were fitted in casemats in corners of the forecastle.

Ships in class

Patch 1
Name Builder Laid down Launch Date Entered Service Fate
Khanka Voenno-morskaya Verf, Dalny May 1899 June 1900 October 1901 Sunk in 1904
Khasan Voenno-morskaya Verf, Dalny May 1899 June 1900 October 1901 Sunk in 1905
Hulun Novaya Verf, Dalny June 1899 July 1900 November 1901 Extant in 1920
Buir Novaya Verf, Dalny June 1899 July 1900 November 1901 Sunk in 1905
Patch 2
Name Builder Laid down Launch Date Entered Service Fate
Torei Dalzavov, Vladivostok February 1904 April 1905 November 1907 Extant in 1920
Khar Dalzavov, Vladivostok February 1904 April 1905 November 1907 Extant in 1920
Durgun Dalzavov, Vladivostok February 1904 May 1905 December 1907 Extant in 1920
Ulungur Dalzavov, Vladivostok February 1904 May 1905 January 1908 Extant in 1920


See Also

Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920