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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

TORPEDO SHIPS

KOTAKA 1 class torpedo boat (1888)

Kotaka 1900

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
小鷹 [Kotaka]   735 Yarrow, Poplar, UK 9.1886 21.1.1887 10.1888 stricken 1908

 

Displacement normal, t

203

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

50.3 pp

Breadth, m

5.80

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VC, 2 locomotive boilers

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

17.8

Fuel, t

coal 30

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm steel; belt: 25, deck: 25

Armament

2 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I, 2 - 350 TT (bow), 1 x 2 - 350 TT

Complement

27

     

Project history: 1st class torpedo boat built under 1882 Programme. Built by Yarrow and re-assembled in Japan.

Ship protection: Machinery was protected by 25mm sides and 25mm deck.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014