Ikazuchi Class Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
220' 5"
Engines:
2 x reciprocating
Beam:
20' 3"
Boilers:
4 x coal fired
Draft:
5' 2"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
306 std / 410 full
SHP:
6,000
Speed:
31 knots
Crew:
51
Range:
N/A


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
2
3"/40 (8cm) 12-pdr.
Single mounts
11,750 yards @ 40°
AA ceiling 19,000' @ 70°

4
57mm/40 (2.244") 6 pdr.
Single mounts
8,700 yards @ 45°
AA ceiling 10,000'
(max effective 3,600')

2
18" (45cm) torpedo tubes
2 single launchers
1,100 yards
Speed 27 knots
220 lb. warhead


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Ikazuchi
Yarrow Shipbuilders LTD
Scotstoun, Scotland

Nov. 15, 1898
N/A
N/A
Fate
Sunk Oct. 9, 1913 due to boiler explosion.

Location: Ominato, Japan.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Inazuma
Yarrow Shipbuilders LTD
Scotstoun, Scotland

Jan. 28, 1899
N/A
N/A
Fate
Sunk in collision Dec. 16, 1909.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Akebono
Yarrow Shipbuilders LTD
Scotstoun, Scotland

Apr. 25, 1899
N/A
N/A
Fate
Scrapped in 1921.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Sazanami
Yarrow Shipbuilders LTD
Scotstoun, Scotland

Aug. 8, 1899
N/A
N/A
Fate
Sunk Nov. 10, 1913
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Oboro
Yarrow Shipbuilders LTD
Scotstoun, Scotland

Oct. 5, 1899
N/A
N/A
Fate
Scrapped in 1921.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Niji
Yarrow Shipbuilders LTD
Scotstoun, Scotland

Dec. 17, 1899
N/A
N/A
Fate
Wrecked Aug. 3, 1900 off Shanton Pen.


Class Notes:
N/A