Akagi 1904
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 摩耶 [Maya] | Onohama, Kobe | 6/1885 | 18.8.1886 | 1/1888 | fishery protection 5.1908, stricken 12.1911 | ||
| 鳥海 [Chokai] | Ishikawajima, Tokyo | 12/1885 | 20.9.1887 | 10/1888 | fishery protection 1908, sold 1914 | ||
| 愛宕 [Atago] | Yokosuka K K | 7/1886 | 6/1887 | 3/1889 | wrecked 6.11.1904 | ||
| 赤城 [Akagi] | Onohama, Kobe | 7/1886 | 7.8.1888 | 8/1890 | stricken 4.1911 |
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Displacement normal, t |
622 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
46.8 pp |
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Breadth, m |
8.20 |
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Draught, m |
3.11 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 2-cyl HCDA, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
963 |
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Max speed, kts |
12 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 68 - 74 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
Maya: 2 x 1 - 149/22 RKL/25 C/74, 2 x 1 - 57/43 Nordenfelt Mk I, 2 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I Chokai, Atago, Akagi: 1 x 1 - 209/19 RKL/22 C/72, 1 x 1 - 120/22 RKL/25 C/78, 2 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I Akagi: 4 x 1 - 120/32 Five Lille, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I |
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Complement |
104 |
Project history: These four schooner-rigged vessels were ordered under the 1882 Programme, the first two having iron hulls, the third a combination of iron and steel and the fourth an all steel hull. The Akagi was distinguished from the other ships by having a raised forecastle.
Modernizations: 1894, Akagi: - 4 x 1 - 120/32; + 4 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong R, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I;
late 1890s, Maya: was rearmed with 4 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong R, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I
Naval service: Atago wrecked 6.11.1904 SW of Port Arthur after running to a cliff in a fog.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014