Murakumo class destroyer
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Murakumo-class destroyers were built in Great Britain by Thornycroft for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Six ships in all, they were involved in the Russo-Japanese war. By the late 1920's all had either been converted into auxiliaries, scuttled or scrapped.
| Murakumo-class destoyer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Laid Down | Lauched | Completed | |
| Murakumo | October 1897 | 16 November 1898 | 29 December 1898 |
| Shinonome | October 1897 | 14 December 1898 | 1 February 1899 |
| Yugiri | November 1897 | 26 January 1899 | 10 March 1899 |
| Shiranui | January 1898 | 15 March 1899 | 13 May 1899 |
| Kagero | August 1898 | 23 August 1899 | 31 October 1899 |
| Usugumo | September 1898 | 16 January 1900 | 1 February 1900 |
[edit] Specifications
- Displacement: 275tons standard, 361tons full load.
- Length: 63.2(waterline), 65.7 (overall)
- Beam: 5.96m
- Draught: 1.7m
- Propulsion: 2-shaft reciprocating, 3 boilers, 5800shp
- Speed: 30kt
- Armament:
- 2-8cm/40cal QF guns,
- 4-57mm QF guns,
- 2-45cm Torpedo Tubes
- Complement: 60
[edit] References
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press (1976). ISBN: 0870-2189-3X
