Back Чао Хо (бронепалубен крайцер, 1911) Bulgarian ناو چائو هو Persian 肇和 (防護巡洋艦) Japanese 肇和號巡洋艦 Chinese
 Chinese cruiser Chao Ho
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| History | |
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 Republic of China | |
| Name | Chao Ho (肇和) |
| Builder | Armstrong Whitworth |
| Cost | £210,000 |
| Laid down | 7 October 1910 |
| Launched | 23 October 1911 |
| Completed | 21 February 1912 |
| Recommissioned | 31 December 1928 |
| Decommissioned | December 1923 |
| Stricken | December 1923 |
| Homeport | Guangzhou |
| Fate | Sunk 28 September 1937 by Japanese Aircraft |
| Reacquired | 29 December 1928 |
 Beiyang Government | |
| Name | Chao Ho (肇和) |
| Acquired | December 1923 |
| Commissioned | 5 January 1924 |
| Homeport | Qingdao |
| Fate | Reintegrated into the Republic of China Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Chao Ho-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 2,750 t (2,707 long tons) |
| Length | 105.5 m (346 ft) |
| Beam | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Draught | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Propulsion | Three-shaft Parsons steam turbines, 4 cylindrical and 4 Yarrow boilers; 6,000 hp (4,500 kW) |
| Speed | 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Complement | 283 |
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Chao Ho (Chinese: 肇和; pinyin: Zhào Hé; Wade–Giles: Chao Ho; lit. 'Harmonious Beginnings') was the lead ship of a class of her class of training protected cruisers originally built for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
- ^ Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval weapons of World War One : guns, torpedoes, mines and ASW weapons of all nations : an illustrated directory (Repr. ed.). S. Yorkshire: Seaforth Pub. p. 90. ISBN 9781848321007.
- ^ Friedman 2011, p. 106.