| Name: | CHEN PIEN also known as KAPPA |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Keel: | 02/06/1880 |
| Launched: | 31/12/1880 |
| Completed: | 18/05/1881 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 412 |
| Dimensions: | 433disp, 125.7 x 29.0 x 9.9ft |
| Engines: | 2 x 2cyl, 455ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.4knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Armament: | 1 x 11.0ins, 2 x 4ins guns |
| History: | |
| 05/1881 | Imperial Chinese Government |
| 1895 | Government of Japan; renamed CHINPEN |
| 1906 | Broken up |
| Comments: | An Armstrong contract built using the facilities of the Mitchell yard |
| 1895: Captured by the Japanese at Wei Hai Wei |
Above photo of sister CHEN HAI copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives