Chinese cruiser Yat Sen

The chinese light cruiser Yat Sen in early 1930s.
History
Republic of China
Name	Yat Sen /Yi Xian
Namesake	Sun Yat-sen, founding father of the Republic of China
Builder	Jiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China
Launched	November 12th,1931
Commissioned	October 10, 1934
Decommissioned	June 1, 1958
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 19 May 1959
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	1,650 t (1,624 long tons)
Length	270 ft (82 m)
Beam	34 ft (10 m)
Draught	12.4 ft (3.8 m)
Propulsion	Two-shaft Reciprocating Engines 3 coal-fire boilers 4,000 shp (3,000 kW)
Speed	19 knots (22 mph; 35 km/h)
Complement	182
Armament	As Built 1 × 149 mm (6 in) HIH Siderius gun No. 8 L50 1 × 140 mm (5.5 in) 3rd Year Type gun 4 × 75 mm (3 in) Krupp AA guns 1 × 47 mm (1.85 in) rapid fire gun After Japanese Reconstruction 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) DP gun 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Type 91 "HI" guns 5 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns 6 × 7.7 mm machine guns

Yat Sen (Chinese: 逸仙; pinyin: Yixian), named after the founding father Sun Yat-sen of the Republic of China and completed in 1931, was a light cruiser— having more in common with the small cruisers of pre–World War I era—in the ROC Navy before World War II. An enlarged design was laid down but never completed due to the Japanese occupation of Jiangnan shipyard.