by Haijun watcher » Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:07 am
(photo courtesy of
Jane's World Fighting Ships, 1945 edition)
I am surprised there isn't already a thread on this class of ships, after doing a thorough search using the terms "Ping Hai" or "Ning Hai". I am also disappointed that there doesn't seem to be 1/700 models out there of this rarely covered subject.
For those unaware, these two light cruisers were built in Japan in the early 1930s and were the most modern, larger ships of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) when the war with Japan began in 1937.
The
Ping Hai was sunk by IJN bombers on Dec. 23rd, 1937, while her sister
Ning Hai only lasted 2 days longer, being sunk on Dec. 25.
Both were later raised and used by the Japanese, with the names
Isojima and
Yasojima. The former was sunk by a USN submarine in Sept. 1944, while the latter was sunk by USN carrier-based torpedo bombers later that year.
Source:
"The IJN sinks China's fleet"- Combinedfleet.com
TROM- IJN Isojima
TROM- IJN Yasojima[img]http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z181/MSantor/ROCN%20cruiser%20Ping%20Hai.jpg[/img]
(photo courtesy of [u]Jane's World Fighting Ships[/u], 1945 edition)
I am surprised there isn't already a thread on this class of ships, after doing a thorough search using the terms "Ping Hai" or "Ning Hai". I am also disappointed that there doesn't seem to be 1/700 models out there of this rarely covered subject.
For those unaware, these two light cruisers were built in Japan in the early 1930s and were the most modern, larger ships of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) when the war with Japan began in 1937.
The [i]Ping Hai[/i] was sunk by IJN bombers on Dec. 23rd, 1937, while her sister [i]Ning Hai[/i] only lasted 2 days longer, being sunk on Dec. 25.
Both were later raised and used by the Japanese, with the names [i]Isojima[/i] and [i]Yasojima[/i]. The former was sunk by a USN submarine in Sept. 1944, while the latter was sunk by USN carrier-based torpedo bombers later that year.
Source: [url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Destruction.htm]"The IJN sinks China's fleet"- Combinedfleet.com[/url]
[url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Isojima_t.htm]TROM- IJN Isojima[/url]
[url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/yasojima_t.htm]TROM- IJN Yasojima[/url]