Chinese gunboat Zhongshan

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SS Zhongshan
History
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China
Ordered1910
Builder Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Nagasaki Dockyard
Laid down1910
Launched1912
Commissioned1913
Maiden voyageMarch 1913
Renamed1925
FateSunk during the Battle of Wuhan on October 24, 1938
StatusRecovered in 1997 and restored as a museum ship
General characteristics
Class and type Yongfeng-class gunboat
Displacement780 tons
Length65.873 m (216.12 ft)
Beam8.8 m (29 ft)
Draught3.048 m (10.00 ft)
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement140
Armament
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Bibliography

SS Zhongshan
Traditional Chinese 中山
Simplified Chinese 中山
Postal SS Chung Shan
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngshān Jiàn
Wade–Giles Chung-shan Chien
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping Zung1-saan1 Laam6

30°20′54″N114°7′46″E / 30.34833°N 114.12944°E / 30.34833; 114.12944