 Yu Chang, 1929
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Chang Feng class |
| Builders | Schichau-Werke, Elbing, German Empire |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Hai Lung class |
| Succeeded by | Ching Po / Lung Tuan |
| Built | 1911–1912 |
| In commission | 1912–1947 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Lost | 2 |
| Retired | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 390 long tons (400 t) |
| Length | 60.35 m (198 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power | 6,500 shaft horsepower (4,847 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Complement | 69 |
| Armament |
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Chang Feng-class destroyer was a class of Chinese destroyer bought from Germany during the naval reconstruction at the end of the Qing dynasty. However, the 1911 Revolution had already broken out before the ships were launched, and they were inherited by the Republic of China when the ships were completed.
The three ships of this class have all experienced the turbulent period of warlord era in the early years of the Republic of China. Among them, the first ship Yu Chang (formerly Chang Feng) was lost after she was wrecked in 1932. At the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, the remaining two ships, Chien Kang (formerly Fu Po) and Tung An (formerly Fei Hung) were all lost.
They were later repaired by the Japanese and transferred to the puppet Wang Jingwei regime. In 1944, Tung Chun (former Tung An) was abandoned after an uprising by members of Nanjing regime Navy. After the end of the war in 1945, Chien Kang was returned to the Chinese Navy and was retired from the Navy in 1947.