Torpedoboote des Typs S.90 naben der Taku in Tsingtau, Herbst 1900
Chinese Hai-Lung class torpedo boats captured at Taku, June 1900. Some 193 feet oal, these German-made boats could make 32 knots and carried six Sk 4.7 cm L/35s while two 17-inch torpedo tubes weren’t’ fitted. Hai-Lung, yard number 608, became the German SMS Taku and was decommissioned after grounding on 30 December 1913. Hai-Ch’ing, yard number 609, became the French Takou and was written off after being grounded on the coast of Vietnam. Hai-Hoa, hull number 610, became the Russian Таку (Taku), and was sunk on 26 July 1904 off Port Arthur by Japanese forces. Hai-Hsi, yard number 611, became HMS Taku, and was sold for scrap on 26 October 1916.