Oshima 1904
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 大島 [Oshima] | Onohama, Kobe | 8/1889 | 9/1891 | 3/1892 | collision 17.5.1904 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
640 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
53.7 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
8.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.75 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 140 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armour, mm | steel; deck: 30 |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/32 Five Lille, 5 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 5 - 11.4/94 |
|
Complement |
130 |
Project history: The Oshima was notable for being the first ship to be equipped with Japanese built VTE machinery. The steel-hulled vessel showed strong French influence in her design, with pronounced ram, and the guns being sited on the forecastle and poop and on sponsons amidships.
Modernizations: 1890s: - 4 x 1 - 120/32; + 4 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong R
Naval service: Oshima was heavily damaged 16.5.1904 in collision with gunboat Akagi in the fog NE of Port Arthur and foundered next day.
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