“Ning Hai” was the name of the Chinese Navy light cruiser that carried a floatplane. The ship’s name was painted on the sides of its aircraft, hence the confusion.
Originally, the Ning Hai carried a Japanese Aichi AB-3 seaplane. But the aircraft had to be disassembled and stowed after use, because it lacked folding wings. This limited the plane’s usefulness.
So Mar Te-Tsu of the Navy yard at Shanghai designed and built a replacement in the 1934-35 timeframe. The Hsin (Xin) was a twin-float, single-seater powered by the same 130-hp Gasuden Jimpu radial engine used in the Aichi AB-3. It generally resembled its predecessor except that the new airplane had folding wings.
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