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Name: GAMMA
Type: Gunboat
Keel: 27/12/1875
Launched: 14/06/1876
Completed: 10/02/1877
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 334
Dimensions: 420disp, 231grt, 103nrt, 120.0 x 30.2 x 10.0ft
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (16 x 18ins), 65nhp, 270ihp
Engines by: Thompson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 9.6knots
Construction: Iron
Armament: 1 x 12.5ins, 2 x 1 x 9pdr guns
Reg Number: 76200
History:
27/01/1877 James Duncan Campbell, London; registered at Newcastle
29/01/1877 Robert Hart & William Cartwright, Pekin
25/06/1877 Imperial Chinese Government renamed FEI-TING
1905 Sank
Comments: This was an Armstrong contract built using the facilities of the Mitchell yard
Armament was supplied by the Armstrong company at Elswick
The gun could only elevate, so direction was provided by aligning the hull
The purchase was financed by the Chinese Customs Service
Robert Hart was the Inspector General of the Chinese Customs Service
William Cartwright was Commissioner of Chinese Maritime Customs
James Campbell was the London Agent of Robert Hart
1905: Lost by fire


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