 As a result, these boats were subsequently transferred again, this time to the reserves; or subordinated to naval militias in various Military Maritime Districts in China as training boats, or harbor patrol boats.Like the aforementioned gunboats before it, the "Swatow" class, arriving for its new role(s) will likewise see increased conversions, some mothballing, and then eventually being scrapped.Again, as with previous units (vessels), many of the surviving boats are being converted to naval auxiliaries, such as firing (gunnery) range support craft, target control boat (remote controlling of target drones), as well as being target drones themselves.