Zhongshan (warship)

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Career (China)
Laid down: 1910
Launched: 1912
Commissioned: 1913
Renamed: 1925
Fate: Sunk during the battle of Wuhan on October 24, 1938
General characteristics
Displacement: 780 tons
Length: 65.873m
Beam: 8.8m
Draught: 3.048m
Speed: 14 knots
Complement: 140

Zhongshan, originally named "Yongfeng", was a Chinese warship later renamed after Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1925, the great forerunner of the Chinese Democratic Revolution. During its time in service, the warship was involved in the Zhongshan Warship Incident in 1926 and the battle of Wuhan in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). It was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze River by Japanese invaders on October 24, 1938.

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