An item referred to the magazine Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens reporting that the Chinese destroyer Hoi-Lung achieved a speed of 35,2 mile. Her sister ships Hoi-Nju, Hoi-Tsching and Hoi-Hoc also built by the German shipyard Schichau executed their trials and were to depart towards China. The coal bunker capacity allowed with a speed of 14 miles a range of 5.000 nautical miles.(1)
Note
1. Of the Hai Ling-class destroyers consisting of the Hai Hoha, Hai Ling, Hai Hse and Hai Ying laid down in 1897, launched in 1898, captured in 1900 by Russia (Hai Hoha as Leytenant Burakov), Hai Lung (United Kingdom as Taku), Hai Hse (France as Takou) and Hai Ying (Germany as Taku).
Note
1. Of the Hai Ling-class destroyers consisting of the Hai Hoha, Hai Ling, Hai Hse and Hai Ying laid down in 1897, launched in 1898, captured in 1900 by Russia (Hai Hoha as Leytenant Burakov), Hai Lung (United Kingdom as Taku), Hai Hse (France as Takou) and Hai Ying (Germany as Taku).
