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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

BANJO gunboat (1880)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
磐城 [Banjo]     Yokosuka K K 2.1877 16.7.1878 7.1880 fishery protection 7.1907, stricken 5.1911

 

Displacement normal, t

656

Displacement full, t

708

Length, m

46.9

Breadth, m

7.88

Draught, m

3.90

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HC, 4 rectangular boilers

Power, h. p.

659

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal 120
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 149/22 RKL/25 C/74, 1 x 1 - 120/22 RKL/25 C/78, 2 x 1 - 79/25 RKL/27 C/73

Complement

112

Project history: Banjo was the smallest of the wooden-hulled vessels, and could be distinguished from the others by her prominent poop.

Modernizations: 1880s: + 3 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I

Naval service: No significant events.

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