Here are two more recent works I have done, of some local ships that seem rather obscure. Hope I used the templates right.
Torpedo Boat 伥風
The Chang Feng-class were three German-built large torpedo boats (I believe based on S-90) that were purchased for the Imperial Chinese Navy in the 1910s. Their service histories are rather undocumented and I'm working on putting them together where possible. Notably, these vessels could reach speeds of 37 knots on VTEs. Chang Feng herself was wrecked by a grounding in the early 1920s and the rest of the vessels in limited maintenance were sunk in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Protected Cruiser 海圻
Hai Chi and sister ship Hai Tian (海天) were two Armstrong Protected cruisers recieved in 1899, and were rather efficient vessels for their size with 24 knot speeds and fairly heavy armament- 2 8" and 10 4.7" guns and 24 knot speeds. Firstly, the current bow shape is wrong but I'm not bent on correcting it yet (my only source on these vessels gives a ram length of 9 meters- I'm inclined to believe the real value was nearer to 9 feet). Hai Chi is displayed here in her original camouflage.
Hai Tian was lost in a grounding accident in 1904. In 1911 Hai Chi visited the UK and the US, at that time the only modern Chinese vessel to do so, and later was integrated into the Republic of China Navy. She was scuttled during the Second Sino-Japanese war and broken up after.
Feel free to comment on these two vessels.
In my free time I might share some other artworks and projects, but that is for another day o7
