Akebono 1899
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 雷 [Ikazuchi] | 1052 | Yarrow, Poplar, UK | 9/1897 | 15.11.1898 | 2/1899 | explosion 9.10.1913 | |
| 電 [Inazuma] | 1053 | Yarrow, Poplar, UK | 11.1897 | 28.1.1899 | 4.1899 | collision 16.12.1909 | |
| 曙 [Akebono] | 1061 | Yarrow, Poplar, UK | 2.1898 | 25.4.1899 | 7.1899 | stricken 10.1921 | |
| 漣 [Sazanami] | 1062 | Yarrow, Poplar, UK | 6.1897 | 8.8.1899 | 8.1899 | stricken 4.1913 | |
| 朧 [Oboro] | 1072 | Yarrow, Poplar, UK | 1.1899 | 5.10.1899 | 11.1899 | stricken 6.1921 | |
| 霓 [Niji] | 1073 | Yarrow, Poplar, UK | 1.1899 | 22.6.1899 | 7.1899 | wrecked 29.7.1900 |
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Displacement normal, t |
305 |
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Displacement full, t |
410 |
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Length, m |
68.5 oa 67.3 pp |
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Breadth, m |
6.25 |
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Draught, m |
1.58 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 4-cyl VTE, 4 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6000 |
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Max speed, kts |
31 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 110 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 5 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
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Complement |
55 |
Project history: Built in United Kingdom by Yarrow under the 1896-7 Programme, very similar to RN "30-knotters".
Modernizations: 1902 - 1903, all: - 1 x 1 - 57/40; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N
Naval service: Ikazuchi sunk 10.10.1913 by boiler explosion. Inazuma was lost in collision with a schooner S of Hakodate 16.12.1909. Niji wrecked 29.7.1900 in Japanese waters.
Sazanami
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014