Protected Cruiser Haichen | World War II Database

Haichen

Country	China
Ship Class	Hairong-class Protected Cruiser
Builder	Aktien-Gesellschaft Vulcan Stettin, Germany
Laid Down	12 Feb 1898
Sunk	25 Aug 1937
Displacement	2680 tons standard; 2950 tons full
Length	328 feet
Beam	41 feet
Draft	19 feet
Machinery	Four coal boilers, two turbines, two shafts
Bunkerage	200-580 tons of coal
Power Output	7500 SHP
Speed	19 knots
Crew	244
Armament	3x150mm Krupp QF guns, 8x105mm Krupp QF guns, 1x60mm Krupp gun, 6x37mm Hotchkiss guns, 6x8mm Maxim machine guns, 3x360mm torpedo tubes
Armor	25-70mm deck, 51mm turret shields, 38mm conning tower

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

Haichen (sometimes romanized as Hai Shen) was built in Germany for the Chinese Navy at the cost of £163,000. In 1911, she was initially used to bombard revolutionary forces at Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, but would switch sides in Nov. Although she went through modernization in 1930, which added an anti-aircraft gun, by the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War began in 1937 she was obsolete, thus when the need rose to block the Yangtze River from Japanese use, Haichen became one of the older ships scuttled in the middle of the river at Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China for this purpose. She was salvaged by Communist China in 1960.

Haichen Operational Timeline

12 Feb 1898	Haichen was launched by AG Vulcan in Germany.
21 Sep 1898	Haichen arrived at Tianjin, China.
28 Oct 1911	Haichen fired on revolutionary forces at Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
12 Nov 1911	The crew of Haichen switched sides at Wuhan, Hubei Province, China during the revolutionary war, declaring support for the revolutionary forces.
25 Aug 1937	Haichen was scuttled in the Yangtze River at Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China to block Japanese movement up river.

Photographs

Haichen arriving at Dagu, Tianjin, China from Germany, 21 Sep 1898

Chinese protected cruiser Haichen, date unknown

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