One such purchase was made by the Governor-General of Hubei, Zhang Zhidong (mistranslated in some sources as 'Vice Admiral Hu Peh', from his title) for four torpedo boats from Japan.

'Lake Peng'), Torpedo boat No.8/Hu Oah (or in some sources Hu Ngo) (Chinese: 湖鶚; pinyin: Húè; lit.

In 1910, under the new King Rama VI, Prince Paribatra's began a 16-year plan to strengthen the Siamese Navy, starting with ordering a fourth torpedo boat, from Kawasaki to be named Number 4 (Thai: หมายเลข 4) in 1911 along with another destroyer based on the Harusame class.

[Pike 1] The Hu Peng-class ships were based on the Kawasaki Dockyard Company, Ltd. experience building the Hayabusa-class torpedo boats between 1903 and 1904.

The ships initial armament were two single Japanese license-built 2½-pounder Yamanouchi Mk I guns, fore and aft.

[4] The Chinese Hu Peng-class ships initially served directly under Viceroyalty of Hubei on the Yangtze River and continued to do so into the Republican period.