An item referred to the foreign magazine M.R. [
Marine Rundschau?] dated May 1934 dealing with the founding of the Manchurian navy by Japan. The latter country handed a cruiser, some destroyers and some navy aircraft over to the navy of Manchuria. Although now Manchuria-flagged were the ships crewed with Japanese nationals. The Kawasaki shipyard at Kobe bought the stores of the firm Skoda at Charbin and further more was naval school founded in the same town. An increasing number of Japanese naval reserve personnel was transferred to Manchuria. In Japan was an extensive shipbuilding program for Manchuria executed consisting of gunboats and according to rumours also 8 destroyers. During 1933 was already a large number of gunboats launched with among the Haifeng and a sister ship of 200 ton (13 knots, 2 engines, dimensions 45,3 x 6,20 x 1,38) fitted out as ice breaker.
Haifeng
Further more the river gunboats Tatung and Limin of 65 ton (speed 12 knots, 3 guns, 3 machineguns) and the at the Kawasaki shipyard at Charbin built gunboats Wennin, Huimin, Puwin, Onmin, Keimin and Fumin. These were 15 ton vessels with speed of 10 knots and armed with 3 machineguns. In begun July 1933 were at the Yokohama the patrol vessels Daichi, Kaihen and Daini Kaihen (15 ton, 2 machine guns) and at Kobe the river gunboats Daido and Rimi (56 ton, 13 knots, 1-16cm gun, dimensions 29,7 x 4 x 0,5 metres) launched. Finally were in August the Kaiho, Kaisui, Kaiei and the Kaikwa launched of 45 ton and was the building going on of 4 coastal vessels of 42 ton with the dimensions 25,8 x 38,5 x 0,9 metres.
