Shirakumo class destroyer
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 A Shirakumo class destroyer |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Shirakumo |
| Preceded by: | Akatsuki class destroyer (1901) |
| Succeeded by: | Harusame class destroyer |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Shirakumo class Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 342tons standard, 428tons full load |
| Length: | 65.89m(waterline),67.51m(overall) |
| Beam: | 6.34m |
| Draft: | 1.83m |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft reciprocating engines, 4 boilers, 7000ihp Fuel: coal, 95tons |
| Speed: | 31kt |
| Complement: | 59 |
| Armament: | 2-8cm/40cal gun, 4-57mm QF gun, 2-45cm Torepdo Tubes |
The Shirakumo-class destroyer were built in Great Britain by Thornycroft for the Imperial Japanese Navy. During the Battle of Tsushima they were assigned to the third divisions' fourth destroyer division under Admiral Dewa. In 1912 they were re-classified as 3rd class destroyers. Both ships were decommissioned and disposed off in the 1920's.
| Shirakumo-class destoyers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid Down | Lauched | Completed | Fate | |
| Shirakumo | 1 February 1901 | 1 October 1901 | 13 February 1902 | Scuttled 1925 |
| Asashio | 3 April 1901 | 1 October 1902 | 4 May 1902 | Converted into auxiliary later scrapped |
[edit] References
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press (1976). ISBN: 0870-2189-3X
- Materials of IJN (Vessels - Shirakumo class Destroyers)
