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Jiamusi was initially build as a tramp ship (combined frighter and personal ship) for the Formosian
Shipping Ltd.; it was taken over by the chinese Navy in 1937 and converted to a E-Boat tender.

Displacement:
5.047 t light; 5.242 t standard; 8.293 t normal; 10.734 t full load

Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
433,45 ft / 425,20 ft x 50,98 ft x 24,93 ft (normal load)
132,12 m / 129,60 m x 15,54 m x 7,60 m

Armament:
6 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns (3x2 guns), 35,32lbs / 16,02kg shells, 1938 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, majority aft
8 - 1,85" / 47,0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 3,17lbs / 1,44kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 1,85" / 47,0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 3,17lbs / 1,44kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 263 lbs / 119 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 180

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1,57" / 40 mm 0,79" / 20 mm -
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 13.842 shp / 10.326 Kw = 20,00 kts
Range 25.000nm at 16,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5.492 tons

Complement:
433 - 564

Cost:
£1,450 million / $5,801 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 33 tons, 0,4%
Armour: 18 tons, 0,2%
- Belts: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 18 tons, 0,2%
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0%
Machinery: 379 tons, 4,6%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3.217 tons, 38,8%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3.246 tons, 39,1%
Miscellaneous weights: 1.400 tons, 16,9%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
20.005 lbs / 9.074 Kg = 566,4 x 4,1 " / 105 mm shells or 4,1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,09
Metacentric height 2,2 ft / 0,7 m
Roll period: 14,6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 84 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,05
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,69

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0,537
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,34 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20,62 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0,00 ft / 0,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22,67 ft / 6,91 m
- Forecastle (20%): 14,44 ft / 4,40 m
- Mid (50%): 14,44 ft / 4,40 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 14,44 ft / 4,40 m
- Stern: 14,44 ft / 4,40 m
- Average freeboard: 15,09 ft / 4,60 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 37,7%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 94,9%
Waterplane Area: 14.946 Square feet or 1.389 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 340%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 125 lbs/sq ft or 612 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1,62
- Longitudinal: 2,92
- Overall: 1,72
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather


Misc. Weight: 1400tons:
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50 tons for cranes and handling gear
Accommodations for 200 men at 2 tons each - 400 tons
Meeting rooms and amenities - 300 tons
Torpedo stowage for 80 533mm torpedos - 160 tons
Ammunition stowage - 40 tons
Pats & stores stowage - 150 tons
Machine shop - 150 tons
Bunkerage for motoroil: 80 tons
Medical: 70 tons


[SIZE=1]from http:/www.german-navy.de with small modifications from me[/SIZE]

Liaoyuan was Initially build as a ferry for the Formosian Shipping Ltd., it was taken over by the
chinese Navy in 1937 and converted to a Destroyer / Submarine tender.


Displacement:
4.913 t light; 5.130 t standard; 7.965 t normal; 10.232 t full load

Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
470,23 ft / 452,76 ft x 52,49 ft x 21,33 ft (normal load)
143,32 m / 138,00 m x 16,00 m x 6,50 m

Armament:
8 - 1,85" / 47,0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 3,17lbs / 1,44kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all forward
8 - 1,85" / 47,0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 3,17lbs / 1,44kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 1,85" / 47,0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 3,17lbs / 1,44kg shells, 1938 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 76 lbs / 35 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 1.000

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
2nd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -
3rd: 0,39" / 10 mm - -

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 8.212 shp / 6.126 Kw = 18,00 kts
Range 20.000nm at 17,80 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 5.102 tons

Complement:
421 - 548

Cost:
£1,192 million / $4,767 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 10 tons, 0,1%
Armour: 2 tons, 0,0%
- Belts: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Armament: 2 tons, 0,0%
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0,0%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0,0%
Machinery: 225 tons, 2,8%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2.067 tons, 25,9%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3.051 tons, 38,3%
Miscellaneous weights: 2.610 tons, 32,8%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
16.235 lbs / 7.364 Kg = 5.125,0 x 1,9 " / 47 mm shells or 3,1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,02
Metacentric height 2,0 ft / 0,6 m
Roll period: 15,7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 77 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,02
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,71

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0,550
Length to Beam Ratio: 8,63 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24,43 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 37 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 45
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6,56 ft / 2,00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23,39 ft / 7,13 m
- Forecastle (20%): 14,90 ft / 4,54 m
- Mid (50%): 14,90 ft / 4,54 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 14,90 ft / 4,54 m
- Stern: 14,90 ft / 4,54 m
- Average freeboard: 15,57 ft / 4,75 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 47,6%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 116,4%
Waterplane Area: 17.268 Square feet or 1.604 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 254%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 76 lbs/sq ft or 371 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1,03
- Longitudinal: 1,46
- Overall: 1,07
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Misc.Weight 2160 tons:
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bunkerage for motoroil: 80 tons
bunkerage for fresh water: 200 tons
bunkerage for destillate water: 20 tons
80 torpedos a 2 Tonnen : 160 tons
bunkerage for food and other supply: 150 tons
small medical facilities: 50 tons
50 tons for cranes and handling gear
machine shop: 250 Tonnen
Accommodations for 450 men at 2 tons each - 900 tons
Meeting rooms and amenities - 300 tons



[SIZE=1]from http:/www.german-navy.de with small modifications from me[/SIZE]

HICMS Baofeng
laid down 1941

Displacement:
1.660 t light; 1.713 t standard; 2.321 t normal; 2.808 t full load

Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
287,06 ft / 278,87 ft x 44,29 ft x 13,16 ft (normal load)
87,50 m / 85,00 m x 13,50 m x 4,01 m

Armament:
2 - 3,46" / 88,0 mm guns in single mounts, 20,79lbs / 9,43kg shells, 1941 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts
2 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns in single mounts, 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1941 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 42 lbs / 19 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 4.383 shp / 3.270 Kw = 17,50 kts
Range 12.000nm at 15,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1.096 tons

Complement:
166 - 217

Cost:
£0,487 million / $1,947 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 5 tons, 0,2%
Machinery: 116 tons, 5,0%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 759 tons, 32,7%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 661 tons, 28,5%
Miscellaneous weights: 780 tons, 33,6%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
5.553 lbs / 2.519 Kg = 267,0 x 3,5 " / 88 mm shells or 1,8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,02
Metacentric height 1,5 ft / 0,5 m
Roll period: 15,0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,04
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2,00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0,500
Length to Beam Ratio: 6,30 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 16,70 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 12,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 4,00 ft / 1,22 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Forecastle (20%): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Mid (50%): 19,69 ft / 6,00 m (13,12 ft / 4,00 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15%): 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
- Stern: 13,12 ft / 4,00 m
- Average freeboard: 16,40 ft / 5,00 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 55,6%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 152,5%
Waterplane Area: 8.230 Square feet or 765 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 220%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 55 lbs/sq ft or 270 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,89
- Longitudinal: 3,52
- Overall: 1,02
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Breakdown of fuel:
complete bunkerage 1096tons diesel
user for subs: 582tons
own use: 514tons = 5500 nm

Breakdown of misc. weight = 780tons:
Bunkerage for motoroil - 50 tons
Bunkerage for fresh water - 50 tons
Bunkerage for destillate water - 30 tons
Torpedo stowage for 50 553mm torpedos - 100 tons
Bunkerage for food - 100 tons
Generators and power plant - 10 tons
Machine shop - 60 tons
Cranes and handling gear - 30 tons
Medical - 150 tons
Accomodations for 150men at 2tons each - 300 tons

HICMS Danjiang
laid down 1941

Displacement:
2.626 t light; 2.710 t standard; 3.652 t normal; 4.405 t full load

Dimensions:
Length overall / water x beam x draught
327,78 ft / 319,88 ft x 48,56 ft x 14,44 ft (normal load)
99,91 m / 97,50 m x 14,80 m x 4,40 m

Armament:
2 - 4,13" / 105 mm guns in single mounts, 35,32lbs / 16,02kg shells, 1940 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 1 raised mount
1 - 1,57" / 40,0 mm guns in single mounts, 1,95lbs / 0,89kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft gun in deck mount
on side amidships, 1 raised gun
2 - 0,79" / 20,0 mm guns in single mounts, 0,24lbs / 0,11kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 73 lbs / 33 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion motors,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 11.679 shp / 8.713 Kw = 21,00 kts
Range 25.000nm at 12,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1.695 tons

Complement:
234 - 305

Cost:
£0,860 million / $3,439 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 9 tons, 0,3%
Machinery: 312 tons, 8,6%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1.105 tons, 30,3%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1.025 tons, 28,1%
Miscellaneous weights: 1.200 tons, 32,9%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
7.441 lbs / 3.375 Kg = 210,7 x 4,1 " / 105 mm shells or 1,7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,12
Metacentric height 2,1 ft / 0,6 m
Roll period: 14,1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 64 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,05
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,60

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0,570
Length to Beam Ratio: 6,59 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17,89 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15,00 degrees
Stern overhang: 2,62 ft / 0,80 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 19,69 ft / 6,00 m
- Forecastle (20%): 19,03 ft / 5,80 m (18,04 ft / 5,50 m aft of break)
- Mid (50%): 18,04 ft / 5,50 m
- Quarterdeck (20%): 11,48 ft / 3,50 m (18,04 ft / 5,50 m before break)
- Stern: 11,48 ft / 3,50 m
- Average freeboard: 16,98 ft / 5,18 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 66,4%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 162,2%
Waterplane Area: 11.045 Square feet or 1.026 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 192%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 63 lbs/sq ft or 309 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,90
- Longitudinal: 2,60
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Breakdown of fuel:
complete bunkerage 1695tons diesel
used for subs: 1379tons
own use: 316tons = 5675 nm

Breakdown of misc. weight = 1200tons:
Accomodations for 200men at 2tons each - 400 tons
Meeting rooms and amenities - 100 tons
Torpedo workshop - 150 tons
Machine shop - 150 tons
Medical - 100 tons
Cranes and handling gear - 50 tons
Torpedo stowage for 80 553mm torpedos - 160 tons
Ammunition stowage - 40 tons
Bunkerage for motoroil - 50 tons