Chihaya 1905
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 千早 [Chihaya] | Yokohama K K | 5.1898 | 26.5.1900 | 9.1901 | stricken 1927 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1238 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1464 |
|
Length, m |
83.2 pp 87.7 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
9.60 |
|
Draught, m |
2.76 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 Normand boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
6000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
21 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 344 |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong T, 4 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 1 - 450 TT (1 bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
|
Complement |
125 |
Project history: 1st class gunboat, classified earlier as unarmoured cruiser and dispatch vessel, built under Post-war program of 1896-1897.
Modernizations: 1902 - 1903: - 1 - 450 TT
Naval service: In 1927 Chihaya became TS at Etajima, in 1939 she was converted to a hulk and handed over on demolition in August 1945.
Chihaya
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