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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

TORPEDO SHIPS

15-go torpedo boats (1892-1894)

15-go 1900

Names

15水雷艇 [15-go]

20水雷艇 [20-go]

Builders

Normand, Le Havre, France: 15-go, 20-go

Commissioned

1893: 15-go

1894: 20-go

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1900: 15-go

1910: 20-go

 

Displacement normal, t

54

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

34.0 pp 35.0 oa

Breadth, m

3.51

Draught, m

0.99

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 Du Temple boiler

Power, h. p.

657

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

coal 8

Endurance, nm(kts) 1030(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/30 21/2pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 2 - 350 TT

Complement

20

     

Project history: Ordered on 1885 Programme. Design was based on French 34m type. Sets were produced in the France and assembled at Onohama.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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