Amagi 1878
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 天城 [Amagi] | Yokosuka K K | 9.1875 | 3.1877 | 11.4.1878 | gunboat 1898, stricken 6.1905 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
911 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1030 |
|
Length, m |
62.5 pp 65.3 wl |
|
Breadth, m |
10.1 |
|
Draught, m |
4.37 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 HC, 2 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
720 |
|
Max speed, kts |
11.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 150 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1 x 1 - 173/22 RKL/25 C/72, 4 x 1 - 120/22 RKL/25 C/78, 1 x 1 - 120/17 C/65 (Bronze), 3 x 1 - 79/25 RKL/27 C/73 |
|
Armament |
159 |
|
Complement |
301 |
Project history: The wooden-hulled Amagi was a slightly larger and more heavily armed version of the Seiki, both vessels being built at the same yard. The Amagi mounted identical machinery to the Seiki but the hp was almost doubled from 443 to 720 to give art extra 2 kts. Like the Seiki the armament was supplied by Krupps.
Modernizations: 1880s: + 3 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I
Naval service: Amagi was reclassified as a gunboat in 1898 and sold for scrap just after the Russo-Japanese war.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014