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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

TORPEDO SHIPS

HAYABUSA torpedo boats (1900-1904)

Chidori 1900

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
千鳥 [Chidori]     A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre, France 1899 1901 4.1901 stricken 1919
隼 [Hayabusa]     A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre, France 1899 1899 4.1900 stricken 1919
鵲 [Kasasagi]     A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre, France 1899 1900 11.1900 stricken 1919
真鶴 [Manazuru]     A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre, France 1899 1900 11.1900 stricken 1921
蒼鷹 [Aotaka]     Kure K K 1902 2.1903 8.1903 stricken 1922
鶉 [Uzura]     Kawasaki, Kobe   2.1904 4.1904 stricken 1923
鷹 [Hashitaka]     Kawasaki, Kobe   12.1903 2.1904 stricken 1923
鳩 [Hato]     Kure K K   7.1903 10.1903 stricken 1923
恭弥 [Hibari]     Kure K K   10.1903 1.1904 stricken 1923
[Kamome]     Kawasaki, Kobe   4.1904 6.1904 stricken 1923
雁 [Kari]     Kure K K   14.3.1903 7.1903 stricken 1922
雉 [Kiji]     Kure K K 9/1902 5.11.1903 1.1904 wrecked 31.3.1904
鴻 [Otori]     Kawasaki, Kobe   4.1904 6.1904 stricken 1923
鷺 [Sagi]     Kawasaki, Kobe   12.1903 3.1904 stricken 1923
[Tsubame]     Kure K K   8.1903 11.1903 stricken 1922
雉 [Kiji]     Kure K K 6/1904 18.4.1905 5.1905 stricken 1923

  

Displacement normal, t

150

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

46.4

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Normand boilers

Power, h. p.

4200

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

coal 26

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 47/30 21/2pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 3 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

30

     

Project history: Built under drawings of French torpedo boat Cyclone: first 4 in France, remaining under licence in Japan. 4 French-built boats were re-assembled in Japan in 1900-1901. Built under 1896-97 and 1897-98 programs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: First Kiji wrecked 31.3.1904 in southern part of Tsushima Strait.

Chidori

Many thanks to Alexandr Isaenko for the information about this class and granted photo.

© Ivan Gogin, 2008-18