Seta-class gunboat
Seta on the Yangtze River in 1935. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Seta class |
| Builders |
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| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Toba |
| Succeeded by | Atami class |
| Built | 1922–1923 |
| In commission | 1923–1945 |
| Planned | 4 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 3 |
| Retired | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | River gunboat |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
| Draft | 1.02 m (3 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power | 1,600 kW (2,100 ihp), 2 cyl. compound steam engine |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 1,750 nmi (3,240 km; 2,010 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 62 |
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The Seta-class gunboats (勢多型砲艦, Seta-gata hōkan) were a class of four riverine gunboats of the Imperial Japanese Navy. They entered service in 1923 for use along the Yangtze River in China. The remained in service through the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Three of the gunboats were damaged beyond repair and broken up during World War II. The fourth, Seta, was surrendered at the end of the war, and taken over by the Republic of China Navy and renamed Chang Teh. During the Chinese Civil War, Chang Teh was captured by Communist Chinese forces.