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UJI 1 class gunboat (1903)

Uji 1904

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
宇治 [Uji]     Kure K K 9.1902 14.3.1903 8.1903 stricken 1932

 

Displacement normal, t

620

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

55.1 pp 57.8 oa

Breadth, m

8.41

Draught, m

2.13

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Kampon boilers

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

coal 180
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

4 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 6 x 1 - 6.5/115

Complement

86

Project history: Built under the 1896-1897 programme. Intended for river and inshore operations.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Uji was actually used as a colonial gunboat, in 1914 participated in operation against Tsingtao.

Uji

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