KIS Yangmu

대한제국 광무호
'The Korean Imperial Ship, Yangmu.'
History
Name: KIS Yangmu
Builder: Mitsui & Co.
Cost: 圓 1,100,000
Completed: 1881
Commissioned: April 15, 1903
Decommissioned: 1907
Fate: Selected by Japanese Imperial Navy to be used as practical exercise for new sailors during the Russo-Japanese War.
General characteristics (as completed)
Displacement: 3,432 long tons (3,487 t) (normal load)
Length: 105 m (344.5 ft)
Beam: 12.5 m (41.0 ft)
Draught:
  • 4.2 m (13.8 ft),
  • 7.3 m (24.0 ft) deep load
Installed power: 1,750 shp (1,300 kW)
Speed: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Complement: 72
Armament:
  • 4 × 1 80mm naval guns
  • 2 × 1 5mm machine guns

KIS Yangmu (양무호,揚武號) was the first battleship of the Korean Empire Armed Forces. It was purchased by the empire from Mitsui Corporation with 1,100,000 Korean Won, or 550,000 Japanese Yen. This was about 30% of the total military budget of the Korean Empire. The battleship, however, was not as efficient as it looked because it was previously used as a cargo ship by the British since its construction in 1881. For the reasons above, another battleship was ordered to be constructed for a more efficient battleship- the KIS Guangjae.

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