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- 19th April 2009 07:43 #1Forum Moderator
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Chinese cruiser in New York
June 20, 1911, the largest Chinese cruiser Hai Chi (海圻) took part in New York’s Shpithead Naval Review as Chinese's navy first ever world tour. The occasion also marked as the first Chinese naval visited to a US Port.
The Hai Chi was the largest warship of the Qing Imperial Navy; it had a displacement of 4300 tons, armed with two 8 inch guns and a speed of 24 knots.Last edited by xinhui; 19th April 2009 at 08:15.
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This proud ship met her sad end on Aug 12th, 1937 when she was scuttled in Yangtze river in an attempt to block the Japanese advance.
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Only two eight inch guns?
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my bad, two 8 inch main guns
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- 19th April 2009 18:30 #6Administrator
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What kind of bolt-action rifles are those sailors carrying?
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Possibly a mauser-type action? Half the world was equipping their armies with mauser-type rifles at that point.
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Nice pics. Actually I thought China didn't have a navy at that time as it was dependent country.
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I would say a Mauser type rifle. Specifically, Euro Mauser with that straight bolt handle. China always had pretty close ties to Germany early in the 20th century. Mauser broomhandle was manufactured in China; Chinese soldiers had fritz helmets.
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And you can tell they're genuine sailors by the way they've got those rifles on on their shoulders too
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Nice ship. Kind of reminds me of US Cruisers of the period, such as the Baltimore (Cruiser #3)
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What abour her secondary armament? Originally Posted by xinhui
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17000 horse power, 7 Torpedo tubes, 24 officers, 424 crew.
Building started in May 1986, launched in 1898, commissioned in 1899.
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