Chinese cruiser Hai Chi
Protected cruiser of the Imperial Chinese Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hai Chi (Chinese: 海圻; pinyin: Hǎi Qí; lit. 'Boundary of the Sea') was a Hai Chi-class protected cruiser of the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was at the time the largest warship in Imperial China with a displacement of 4,300 tons and was armed with two 8-inch (203 mm) guns and a top speed of 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph).[1] She subsequently served in the Republic of China Navy, before being scuttled in 1937. The hull of the vessel was raised in 1960 and subsequently broken up.
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Name | Hai Chi |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, Low Walker |
Laid down | 11 November 1896 |
Launched | 24 January 1898 |
Completed | 10 May 1899 |
Fate | Scuttled 11 August 1937 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hai Chi-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 4,300 t (4,232 long tons) |
Length | 129.3 m (424 ft) |
Beam | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
Draught | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
Speed | 24 knots (28 mph; 44 km/h) |
Complement | 476 |
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