Built in 1915 at the shipyard of Kiangnan Dockyard Company at Shanghai, sunk on 25 August 1937 during a Japanese attack while she was laying at the shipyard to be repaired, salvaged and commissioned in Japanese service on 25 October a year later as the depot ship Asuka, since 1945 serving as anti aircraft vessel after an conversion but sunk on 7 May that year when American aircraft attacked her in the mouth of the Yellow River, again salvaged and as the gunboat Yung Chien decommissioned, renamed in 1951 Yen An and finally stricken in 1964. With a displacement of 860 (normal)-1.039 (full load) tons were her dimensions 205 (between perpendiculars)-215½ (over all) x 29½ x 11½ feet. The armament consisted of 1-4” gun, 1-3” gun, 4-3pd guns, 2-1pd guns and 1-2pd anti aircraft gun. The designed horsepower of 1.350 hp allowing a speed of 13 knots. Coal bunker capacity 150 tons. Her crew numbered 105 men. Sister ship the Yung Chi.
