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Akatsuki Class (1900) Destroyers Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
224' 6" |
Engines: |
2 reciprocating |
Beam: |
20' 5" |
Boilers: |
4 (coal fired) |
Draft: |
5' 7" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
363 std / 415 full |
HP: |
6,000 |
Speed: |
31 knots |
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Crew: |
59 |
Range: |
N/A |
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Armament as built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
2 |
3"/40 (76mm) |
Single mounts |
11,750 yards @ 40° (6.6 miles) AA ceiling 19,000' @ 70° 12.5 lb. HE shell |
4 |
2.2"/40 (57mm) |
Single mounts |
8,700 yards @ 45° (4.9 miles) AA ceiling 10,000' (max effective 3,600') 6lb. HE shell |
2 |
18" (450mm) torpedo tubes |
2 single launchers |
1,100 yards @ 27 knots (.6 miles) 220 lb. Picric Acid or Shimose warhead |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Akatsuki |
Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. Scotstoun, Scotland |
Feb. 13, 1901 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk May 17, 1904 by mine.
Location: Yellow Sea, 15 miles SW of Port Arthur (Lüshun), Laioning Provence, China. (38.38N - 121.05E) Unknown number of casualties. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Kasumi |
Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. Scotstoun, Scotland |
Jan. 23, 1902 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1920.
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Page revised May 1, 2007 |
