Tsukuba 1880
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 筑波 [Tsukuba] (ex-Malacca) | Mould, Moulmein, Burma | 1851 | 9.4.1853 | 1854 // 1870 | training hulk 1900 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1978bm |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
58.6 wl 60.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.6 |
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Draught, m |
5.48 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 HSE, 2 rectangular boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
707 |
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Max speed, kts |
9.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML, 6 x 1 - 121/21 20pdr 16cwt BL, 2 x 1 - 152/17 24pdr SBML |
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Complement |
301 |
Project history: This wooden, screw corvette was the en-British Malacca acquired in 1870.
Modernizations: 1892: new armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong W
Naval service: Tsukuba served as TS, since 1900 as non-self-propelled. She was stricken in 1906 and BU.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014