Murakumo Class Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
215' 6"
Engines:
2 x reciprocating
Beam:
19' 6"
Boilers:
4 coal fired
Draft:
5 ' 6"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
275 std / 361 full
SHP:
5,800
Speed:
30 knots
Crew:
60
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
Murakumo
John I. Thornycroft & Co.
Southampton, England

Nov. 16, 1898
N/A
N/A
Fate
Unknown
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Shinonome
John I. Thornycroft & Co.
Southampton, England

Dec. 14, 1898
N/A
N/A
Fate
Wrecked or sunk July 23, 1913.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Yugiri
John I. Thornycroft & Co.
Southampton, England

Jan. 26, 1899
N/A
N/A
Fate
Unknown
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Shiranui
John I. Thornycroft & Co.
Southampton, England

Mar. 15, 1899
N/A
N/A
Fate
Scrapped in 1923.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Kagero
John I. Thornycroft & Co.
Southampton, England

Aug. 23, 1899
N/A
N/A
Fate
Scrapped in 1923.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Usugumo
John I. Thornycroft & Co.
Southampton, England

Jan. 16, 1900
N/A
N/A
Fate
Scrapped in 1927.


Class Notes:
N/A