Japanese corvette Tenryū
 Japanese armed sloop Tenryū
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Tenryū |
| Ordered | 1877 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan |
| Laid down | 9 February 1878 |
| Launched | 18 August 1883 |
| Commissioned | 5 March 1885 |
| Stricken | 21 December 1911 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steam corvette |
| Displacement | 1,547 long tons (1,572 t) |
| Length | 67.4 m (221 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Draft | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged sloop |
| Speed | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Range | 256 tons coal |
| Complement | 210 |
| Armament |
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Tenryū (天龍, Heavenly Dragon)[1] was a sail-and-steam corvette of the early Imperial Japanese Navy. Tenryū was named after the Tenryū River in Shizuoka and Nagano Prefectures.
Background
Tenryū was designed as an iron-ribbed, wooden-hulled, three-masted
launched on 18 August 1883 and commissioned on 5 March 1885.[3]
Tenryū was based on the design of
Meiji government in the employ of the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal.[2]
As with Kaimon, construction took much longer than initially anticipated, and she required over seven years to complete. However, even after launching, numerous issues needed to be addressed, including a problem with stability that required the addition of bulges to the hull.
Operational history
Tenryū saw combat service in the
Battle of Yalu River
.
On 21 March 1898, Tenryū was designated a third-class
coastal defense ship
, and was used for coastal patrol duties. She caught fire in November 1897, and required extensive repairs.
During the
navy list
on 21 December 1911, and sold for scrap on 20 October 1912.
Notes
- ISBN 0-8048-0408-7.
- ^ a b Chesneau, All the World’s Fighting Ships, p. 232.
- ^ Nishida, Ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
References
- Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik (editors), All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, Conway Maritime Press, 1979 reprinted 2002, ISBN 0-85177-133-5
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
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