Japanese gunboat Ōshima
 Japanese gunboat Ōshima off Kobe
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Ōshima |
| Ordered | 1889 |
| Builder | Onohama Shipyards |
| Laid down | 29 August 1889 |
| Launched | 14 October 1891 |
| Commissioned | 31 March 1892 |
| Stricken | 15 June 1905 |
| Fate | Sunk in collision 18 May 1904 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 640 long tons (650 t) |
| Length | 53.65 m (176.0 ft) |
| Beam | 8.0 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 2.75 m (9 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13.0 knots (15.0 mph; 24.1 km/h) |
| Range | 70 tons coal |
| Complement | 130 |
| Armament |
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Ōshima (大島) was a
Shizuoka prefecture
.
Background and design
Ōshima was a steel-hulled three-masted gunboat with a triple-expansion reciprocating
French naval architect Louis-Émile Bertin contributed to her design. She is noteworthy in that she was the first ship to be built in Japan with a vertical triple-expansion steam engine.[2]
She was equipped with four 120 mm (4.7 in) QF guns, one each on the bow, stern, and in sponsons on either side of the hull. Secondary armament included five 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns. Ōshima was
launched on 14 October 1891. She was completed on 31 March 1892.[3]
Operational history
Ōshima saw combat service in the
IJN 2nd Fleet
.
On 21 March 1898, Ōshima was re-designated as a second-class gunboat,[3] and was used for coastal survey and patrol duties. In September 1898, the Chinese reformer and journalist Liang Qichao fled to exile in Japan aboard Ōshima, which took him to Miyajima with the assistance of the Japanese government.[4]
During the
Port Arthur at position 39°01′N 121°08′E / 39.017°N 121.133°E
.
Ōshima was removed from the
navy list
on 15 June 1905.
Notes
References
- Corbett, Sir Julian. Maritime Operations In The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. (1994) Originally classified, and in two volumes, ISBN 1-55750-129-7
- 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.
External links
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "Materials of IJN". Imperial Japanese Navy. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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