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ATAMI river gunboats (1929-1930)

Atami 1941

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
熱海 [Atami]     Fujinagata, Osaka 11.1928 30.3.1929 6.1929 surrendered 8.1945, to China 8.1945 (永平 [Yung Ping])
二見 [Futami]     Fujinagata, Osaka 6.1929 20.11.1929 2.1930 surrendered 8.1945, to China 8.1945 (永安 [Yung An])

 

Displacement standard, t

206

Displacement full, t

249

Length, m

45.3 pp 46.3 oa

Breadth, m

6.30

Draught, m

0.92

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 2-cyl compound VE, 2 Kampon boilers

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

16.7

Fuel, t

oil 53
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/23 41-shiki, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 5 x 1 - 7.7/80

Complement

77

Project history: River gunboats of Atami class were intended for service on Chinese rivers. Ships had  similar characteristics and outwardly resembled predeccessors. Built under the 1923 programme.

Modernizations: 1940, both: - 1 x 1 - 76/23, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 5 x 1 - 7.7/80; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 5 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki

1945, both: disarmed

Naval service: In 1945 both gunboats transferred their guns to coastal batteries.

In 1945 China received Atami and Futami.

Atami

 

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