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Name: BETA
Type: Gunboat
Keel: 21/09/1875
Launched: 13/04/1876
Completed: 19/06/1876
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 328
Dimensions: 340disp, 185grt, 81nrt, 115.0 x 27.0 x 9.3ft
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (14 x 16ins), 235ihp, 50nhp
Engines by: Thompson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 10.0knots
Construction: Iron
Armament: 1 x 11.0ins gun
Reg Number: 70255
History:
16/06/1876 George Wightwick Rendel, Newcastle
16/06/1876 James Duncan Campbell, London
17/06/1876 Robert Hart & William Cartwright, Peking, China
02/12/1876 Imperial Chinese Government; renamed HU-WEI
No further history known
Comments: This was an Armstrong contract built using the facilities of the Mitchell yard
Armament was supplied by the Armstrong company at Elswick
The gun could only elevate, so direction was provided by aligning the hull
The purchase was financed by the Chinese Customs Service
Robert Hart was the Inspector General of the Chinese Customs Service
William Cartwright was Commissioner of Chinese Maritime Customs
James Campbell was the London Agent of Robert Hart
George Rendel was the designer of Armstrong's gunboats
Rendel was in charge of the relationship between Armstrong & Mitchell
1911: Reported to be operational


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