Japanese gunboat Atago

Coordinates: 38°24′N 120°55′E / 38.400°N 120.917°E / 38.400; 120.917
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Atago at Kure, 1897
History
Empire of Japan
Name Atago
Ordered1883
BuilderYokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down17 July 1886
Launched18 June 1887
Commissioned2 March 1889
Stricken15 June 1905
FateGrounded and sank 6 November 1904
General characteristics
Class and typeMaya-class gunboat
Displacement614 long tons (624 t)
Length47.0 m (154.2 ft)
Beam8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draught2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
  • reciprocating steam engine
  • 2 shafts, 2 boilers
  • 950 hp (710 kW)
Speed11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h)
Range60 tons coal
Complement104
Armament
  • 1 × 210 mm (8 in) Krupp L/22 breech-loading gun
  • 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) Krupp L/22 breech-loading gun
  • 2 × 25.4 mm (1.00 in) Nordenfelt guns
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

launched on 18 June 1887. She was completed on 2 March 1889.[3] To distinguish her from her sister ships
, she had a yellow belt painted on her hull.

Operational history

Atago saw combat service in the

Dingyuan and damaging the cruiser Laiyuan. After the surrender of China
, Atago and Chōkai remained at Weihaihei as part of the Japanese occupation force.

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

navy list on 15 June 1905.[3]

Notes

  1. . page 115
  2. ^ Chesneau, All the World’s Fighting Ships, p. 236.
  3. ^ a b c d Nishida, Ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
  4. ^ a b Corbett, Maritime Operations in The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905.

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