| Name: | DELTA |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Keel: | 27/12/1875 |
| Launched: | 23/06/1876 |
| Completed: | 26/12/1876 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 335 |
| Dimensions: | 420disp, 231grt, 103nrt, 120.0 x 30.2 x 10.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x 1cyl (16 x 18ins), 65nhp, 270ihp |
| Engines by: | Thompson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 9.6knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Armament: | 1 x 12.5ins, 2 x 1 x 9pdr guns |
| Reg Number: | 76201 |
| History: | |
| 27/01/1877 | James Duncan Campbell, London; registered at Newcastle |
| 29/01/1877 | Robert Hart & William Cartwright, Pekin |
| 25/06/1877 | Imperial Chinese Government; renamed TS'E TIEN |
| 1905 | Broken up |
| 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 |
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