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HAI WEI patrol ship (1917/1937)

Hai Wei 1941

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
海王 [Hai Wei] (ex-樫 [Kashi])     Maizuru K K, Japan 3.1916 1.12.1916 3.1917 // 5.1937 to Japan 6.1942 (鴈 [Kari])

  

Displacement normal, t

835

Displacement full, t

1080

Length, m

83.8 pp 85.6 wl

Breadth, m

7.70

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Curtis geared steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers

Power, h. p.

7000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

oil 304

Endurance, nm(kts) 2400(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 120/40 41-shiki, some MGs, DCs

Complement

110

 

 Project history: Former Japanese torpedo boat Kashi of Momo class, transferred to Manchukuo as patrol ship, without TTs and with changed artillery (originally carried 3 120mm/45 guns and 2 triple 450mm TTs). In this time because of machinery deterioration speed has fallen from initial 31.5 to 15 kts. Authentic data about new armament structure is absent; probably, except 2 120mm guns, Hai Wei carried some MGs and DCs.
 

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1942, owing to heavy ships losses, Japanese returned the ship to themselves and commissioned her as Kaii. She was sunk 10.10.1944 at Okinawa by American carrier aircraft.

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