Japanese gunboat Atago
Atago at Kure, 1897
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Atago |
Ordered | 1883 |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 17 July 1886 |
Launched | 18 June 1887 |
Commissioned | 2 March 1889 |
Stricken | 15 June 1905 |
Fate | Grounded and sank 6 November 1904 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Maya-class gunboat |
Displacement | 614 long tons (624 t) |
Length | 47.0 m (154.2 ft) |
Beam | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h) |
Range | 60 tons coal |
Complement | 104 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Operations: |
Atago (愛宕) was a composite hulled, steam gunboat, serving in the early Imperial Japanese Navy.[1] She was the third vessel to be completed in the four vessel Maya class, and was named after Mount Atago in Kyoto.
Background
Atago was an iron-ribbed, iron-sheathed, two-masted gunboat with a horizontal double expansion reciprocating steam engine with two cylindrical boilers driving two screws.[2] She also had two masts for a schooner sail rig.
Atago was
Operational history
Atago saw combat service in the
On 21 March 1898, Atago was re-designated as a second-class gunboat, and was used for coastal survey and patrol duties.[3] During the Boxer Rebellion, Atago was assigned to patrol off the Taku Forts from June to October 1900 under the command of Commander Heitarō Takenouchi.
During the
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.