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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

TORPEDO SHIPS

26-GO 3 class torpedo boats (1887 / 1895)

Names

26水雷艇,  27水雷艇 [26-go, 27-go]

Builders

Vulcan, Stettin, Germany // Dagu N Yd: 26-go, 27-go

Commissioned

1887 // 1895: 26-go, 27-go

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1908: 26-go, 27-go

 

Displacement normal, t

74

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

33.7

Breadth, m

3.51

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

26-go: 338

27-go: 442

Max speed, kts

26-go: 13.8

27-go: 15.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 5 - 37/20 Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 350 TT (bow)

Complement

28

     

Project history: Chinese torpedo boats, stranded off Wei-Hai-Wei 7.2.1895, later salvaged by Japanese and commissioned by IJN.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014