Japanese gunboat Akagi
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| Career |  |
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| Name: | Akagi |
| Ordered: | 1885 Fiscal Year |
| Builder: | Onohama, Kobe |
| Laid down: | June 1886 |
| Launched: | August 1888 |
| Completed: | July 1890 |
| Fate: | Sold 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 615 tons |
| Length: | 41.148 m (135 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 6.7056 m (22 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 2.5908 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 74.4 tons coal |
| Armament: | 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 4 × 470 mm guns 10 × machine guns |
| Service record | |
| Operations | Battle of the Yalu River (1894) |
Akagi (赤城) was a Japanese gunboat that saw service as a dispatch vessel in Admiral Itoh Sukeyuki's fleet at the Battle of Yalu River in 1894.
Akagi was laid down by builder Onohama of Kobe in June 1886, launched in August 1888, and completed in July 1890. Akagi was one of four vessels of the Maya class of gunboats. After serving in the Japanese fleet, Akagi was sold in 1912.
Armament was four 12 cm gun and four 4.7 cm gun. Akagi carried 74.4 tons of coal, had a maximum speed of around 10 knots and displaced 612 tons normal. The vessel was 135 feet (41 m) from perpendicular to perpendicular in length, with a beam of 22 feet (7 m) and draught of 8 feet 6 inches.
Akagi was resold to Amagasaki Steamship Company in 1928, and used as a merchant cargo ship until 1953.
