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TORPEDO SHIPS

KAWASEMI torpedo boat (1906/1939)

Kawasemi 1939

Names

[Kawasemi] (ex- 湖活 [Hu Oah])

Builders

Kawasaki, Kobe: Kawasemi

Commissioned

1906 / 1939: Kawasemi

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding 1940: Kawasemi

 

Displacement normal, t

96

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

41.1 pp

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

2.39

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 Normand boiler

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

coal 18

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 350 TT, 1 - 350 TT (bow)

Complement

40

     

Project history: Old Chinese 2nd class torpedo boat, engined by Normand, was sunk 8.10.1937 by Japanese aircraft. Later salvaged and temporarily commissioned by Japanese Navy. In 1937 can make only 13kts.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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