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'''''Chung Shan'''''<ref name="hktelegraph_19290116">{{cite newspaper|title=Ship Sink Off Waglan.|work=The Hongkong Telegraph|date=1929-01-16}}</ref> (中山艦;'''Zhongshan''' in [[pinyin]]), originally named '''''Yung Feng''''' (永豐艦; Yongfeng in pinyin), was a [[China|Chinese]] [[gunboat]]<ref name="hktelegraph_19290116"/> built in Japan in 1913 of 830 tons and later renamed after Dr. [[Sun Yat-sen]] in 1925, the founder of the [[Republic of China]].
'''''Chung Shan'''''<ref name="hktelegraph_19290116">{{cite newspaper|title=Ship Sink Off Waglan.|work=The Hongkong Telegraph|date=1929-01-16}}</ref> (中山艦;'''Zhongshan''' in [[pinyin]]), originally named '''''Yung Feng''''' (永豐艦; Yongfeng in pinyin), was a [[China|Chinese]] [[gunboat]]<ref name="hktelegraph_19290116"/> built in Japan in 1913 of 830 tons and later renamed in 1925Chung Shan in honor of Dr. [[Sun Yat-sen]], the founder of the [[Republic of China]].


==Service==
==Service==
''Chung Shan'' was involved in the [[Zhongshan Warship Incident]] in 1926.
In 1922 the ''Chung Shan'' fought its way past Pearl river forts controlled by Chen Jiongming while carrying Sun Yat Sen and Chiang Kai Shek.<ref>http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ppr_release_det.php?pd=20030123&ps=04</ref> She ship was also involved in the [[Zhongshan Warship Incident]] in 1926.


She patrolled the coast of South China against [[pirates]] after [[Northern Expedition (1926–1927)|Northern Expedition]]<ref name="hktelegraph_19290116"/>.
She patrolled the coast of South China against [[pirates]] after [[Northern Expedition (1926–1927)|Northern Expedition]]<ref name="hktelegraph_19290116"/>.
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==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
The [[shipwreck]] was salvaged from the river in 1997.
The [[shipwreck]] was salvaged from the river in January 1997. The Hubei Provincial Cultural Bureau plans to construct a floating museum for the restored Zhong Shan gunboat.


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Warships for Export [[http://www.bobhenneman.info/EXPORT.htm]]
Warships for Export [[http://www.bobhenneman.info/EXPORT.htm]]
Chiang Kai-Shek's Secret Past: The Memoir of His Second Wife, Ch'en Chieh-Ju. Pps. 109-110

Cultural relics of Zhong Shan gunboat on display at Museum of Coastal Defence, [[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ppr_release_det.php?pd=20030123&ps=04]]


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 01:44, 20 December 2009

History
China
Ordered1910
BuilderMitsubishi
Laid down1910
Launched1912
Commissioned1913
Renamed1925
FateSunk during the battle of Wuhan on October 24, 1938
General characteristics
Displacement780 tons
Length65.873m
Beam8.8m
Draught3.048m
Speed14 knots
Complement140

Chung Shan[1] (中山艦;Zhongshan in pinyin), originally named Yung Feng (永豐艦; Yongfeng in pinyin), was a Chinese gunboat[1] built in Japan in 1913 of 830 tons and later renamed in 1925Chung Shan in honor of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the founder of the Republic of China.

Service

In 1922 the Chung Shan fought its way past Pearl river forts controlled by Chen Jiongming while carrying Sun Yat Sen and Chiang Kai Shek.[2] She ship was also involved in the Zhongshan Warship Incident in 1926.

She patrolled the coast of South China against pirates after Northern Expedition[1].

In the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), she participated in the battle of Wuhan. She was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze River by Japanese invaders on 24 October, 1938.

Aftermath

The shipwreck was salvaged from the river in January 1997. The Hubei Provincial Cultural Bureau plans to construct a floating museum for the restored Zhong Shan gunboat.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Ship Sink Off Waglan". The Hongkong Telegraph. 1929-01-16.
  2. ^ http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ppr_release_det.php?pd=20030123&ps=04

Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946, P.412

Warships for Export [[1]]

Chiang Kai-Shek's Secret Past: The Memoir of His Second Wife, Ch'en Chieh-Ju. Pps. 109-110

Cultural relics of Zhong Shan gunboat on display at Museum of Coastal Defence, [[2]]

External links