Khanka class gunboat

Khanka-class Gunboat
Class overview
Name	Khanka-class Gunboat
Operators	Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Built	8
Active	5
Destroyed	3
General Characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	970 tons standard 1150 tons full load
Length	70.5 metres (231 ft)
Beam	11.2 metres (37 ft)
Draught	3.4 metres (11 ft)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Power	4 coal-fired boiler 900 ihp (670 kW)
Speed	12 kts
Range	1600 nm at 9 kts
Complement	140
Armament	2 × 120mm/45 KO 1892 g gun 2 (in first four), 4 (in later four) × 76.2mm/40 KO 1900 g gun 2 37/40 mm KO 1892 g gun (in first four) 40 mines
Armour	Conning tower: 27 mm

Development

This class were large series of gunboats intended to serve in Chinese rivers and colonial waters. Their draught was specially low for riverine operations. Initial 4 units had different configuration of two 120mm guns fitted in casemats aside the forecastle-break. Of the initial 4 units, only Hulun survived the Far eastern- Japanese war. 4 aditional units were laid down during the war with different armament configuration. The two 120mm guns were located in front and aft centerline and 76mm guns were fitted in casemats in corners of the forecastle.

Ships in class

Patch 1

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launch Date	Entered Service	Fate
Khanka	Voenno-morskaya Verf, Dalny	May 1899	June 1900	October 1901	Sunk in 1904
Khasan	Voenno-morskaya Verf, Dalny	May 1899	June 1900	October 1901	Sunk in 1905
Hulun	Novaya Verf, Dalny	June 1899	July 1900	November 1901	Extant in 1920
Buir	Novaya Verf, Dalny	June 1899	July 1900	November 1901	Sunk in 1905

Patch 2

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launch Date	Entered Service	Fate
Torei	Dalzavov, Vladivostok	February 1904	April 1905	November 1907	Extant in 1920
Khar	Dalzavov, Vladivostok	February 1904	April 1905	November 1907	Extant in 1920
Durgun	Dalzavov, Vladivostok	February 1904	May 1905	December 1907	Extant in 1920
Ulungur	Dalzavov, Vladivostok	February 1904	May 1905	January 1908	Extant in 1920

See Also

Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920