Hairong
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 Hairong |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Protected cruiser |
| units | 3 |
| Shipyard | |
| Order | Construction no. 236 |
| Keel laying | 1897 |
| Launch | September 15, 1897 |
| delivery | July 27, 1898 |
| period of service |
1898-1937 |
| Whereabouts | sunk in the Yangtze as a block ship on September 25, 1937 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
2680 t , maximum: 2950 t |
| length |
100.0 m |
| width |
12.4 m |
| Draft |
5.79 m |
| crew |
324 men |
| drive |
8 cylinder boilers |
| speed |
19.5 kn |
| Armament |
3 × 150 mm L / 40 croup cannons |
| Bunker quantity |
200-580 tons of coal |
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Armor armored deck protective shields command tower |
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| Sister ships |
Haichou ( Hai Shew ), |
The Hairong ( Chinese 海 容 / 海 容 , Pinyin Hǎiróng ) was a protected cruiser of the Chinese Navy built in Szczecin . In contemporary sources she was called Hai Yung . She was the type ship of a class of three ships that remained in service until 1937.
Building history
The Chinese had ordered three ships of this class in Germany after the losses in the First Sino-Japanese War . They were built by the Szczecin Vulcan shipyard , which had already built two tower ships and three cruisers for China in the 1880s.
The ship was a small armored cruiser with rapid-fire guns, in contrast to the previous Chinese cruisers with heavy, albeit slow-firing guns. Two of the 150 mm cannons were installed next to each other in the front, the third was at the stern. The 105 mm guns were arranged on the sides. Two of the torpedo tubes were movably installed on the side of the deck. The Hairong was similar to the British Apollo-class cruisers , the Italian Liguria-class, and the Dutch Gelderland-class cruisers . With the Gazelle class , Germany began to build similar ships for its navy itself, on the basic concept of which all German cruisers were based up to the First World War .
Mission history
The Hairong / Hai Yung was launched on September 15, 1897 as the first of the sister ships and was completed in 1898; she was delivered on July 27th together with her sister ship Haichou / Hai Shew in Taku . During the Boxer Rebellion , the ship, like the entire Chinese Navy, was not used against the international intervention forces.
In 1906 the Hairong made a six-month trip through Southeast Asia together with the Haiqi / Hai Chi ( 海 圻 , Hǎiqí ) to explore the living conditions of the Chinese overseas . The two cruisers left Shanghai on October 27th and visited Hong Kong , Manila , Saigon , Bangkok , Singapore , Batavia , Semarang , Soerabaya , Muntok on Bangka Island and Penang and then ran back to China via Singapore. In 1908, the commander of the Chinese fleet, Admiral Sa Zhenbing, received the American Great White Fleet in Amoy on the Haiqi accompanied by the Hairong and her sister ships Haichou and Haishen as well as other units . In 1910 there was another American naval visit to Amoy, where Sa Zhenbing again received the visitors with the Haiqi and the Hairong .
The Hairong came after the Chinese Revolution of 1911 with the majority parts of the Navy to the Chinese Republic. On April 27, 1916, in the fog off Fuchow , the cruiser collided with the Chinese army's transport ship, Hsin Yu , which then sank. In 1918 the Hairong was involved in the Allied intervention in Vladivostok .
When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1937, the Hairong and her sister ships were obsolete and in poor condition. On September 25, 1937, the three old cruisers were sunk as block ships in the Yangtze .
Sister ships
- Haichou ( 海 籌 / 海 筹 , Hǎichóu , also Hai Shew ) - Building no. 237, launched on December 11, 1897, delivered on July 27, 1898
- Haichen ( 海 琛 / 海 琛 , Hǎichēn , also Hai Chen ) - Building no. 238, launched on February 12, 1898, delivered on September 21, 1898
Haichou / Hai Shew
Haichen / Hai Chen
literature
- Robert Gardiner (Ed.): Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 , Mayflower Books, New York 1979, ISBN 0-8317-0302-4
- Richard NJ Wright: The Chinese Steam Navy, 1862-1945 , Chatham, London 2001, ISBN 1-86176-144-9
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Conways, p. 397
- ^ Wright, p. 111
- ↑ Hai Chi , 4300 t, Armstrong, pictures of the ship and other information ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Wright, p. 123, French article on travel
