Japanese gunboat Hira
Hira (比良) was a river gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, part of the 11th Gunboat Sentai, that operated on the Yangtze River in China during the 1930s, and during the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 13 December 1937, Hira and other IJN ships engaged Chinese positions at Xiaguan, China and attacked Chinese boats and rafts on the Yangtze River. On 17 August 1944 Hira was damaged by US 14th Air Force aircraft at Kiukiang, China. On 26 November 1944 Hira and the gunboat Hozu ran aground near Anking, China. Chinese aircraft subsequently bombed and sunk Hozu and severely damaged Hira. Hira was scrapped in July 1945.
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Japanese gunboat Hira
Hira (比良) was a river gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, part of the 11th Gunboat Sentai, that operated on the Yangtze River in China during the 1930s, and during the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 13 December 1937, Hira and other IJN ships engaged Chinese positions at Xiaguan, China and attacked Chinese boats and rafts on the Yangtze River. On 17 August 1944 Hira was damaged by US 14th Air Force aircraft at Kiukiang, China. On 26 November 1944 Hira and the gunboat Hozu ran aground near Anking, China. Chinese aircraft subsequently bombed and sunk Hozu and severely damaged Hira. Hira was scrapped in July 1945.
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Hira (比良) was a river gunboat ...... ira was scrapped in July 1945.
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比良(ひら)は、日本海軍の砲艦。勢多型砲艦の2番艦である。艦名は「近江八景」の一つ「比良の暮雪」で知られる景勝地「比良山地」にちなんで名づけられた。
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1923-08-24
1923-12-01
laying down
1921-08-15
ship launched
1923-03-14
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Scrapped 1945
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Ship armament
*2 × /40 cal. guns
*3 or 6 × 13 mm machine guns
Ship builder
Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe, Japan
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1945-05-10
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Hira (比良) was a river gunboat ...... ira was scrapped in July 1945.
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比良(ひら)は、日本海軍の砲艦。勢多型砲艦の2番艦である。艦名は「近江八景」の一つ「比良の暮雪」で知られる景勝地「比良山地」にちなんで名づけられた。
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Japanese gunboat Hira
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比良 (砲艦)
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Hira
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