Japanese gunboat Uji (1903)
_in_1903.jpg) Japanese gunboat Uji off Kure, 1901
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Uji |
| Ordered | 1901 |
| Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | September 1903 |
| Launched | 11 August 1903 |
| Commissioned | 11 August 1904 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1936 |
| Fate | Scrapped 25 August 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 620 long tons (630 t) |
| Length | 57.8 m (190 ft) |
| Beam | 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13.0 knots (15.0 mph; 24.1 km/h) |
| Range | 156 tons coal |
| Complement | 80 |
| Armament |
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Uji (宇治) was an early
Kyoto prefecture. She should not be confused with the later World War II period Hashidate-class Uji
with the same name
History
Following the First Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Navy developed a requirement for a shallow-draft coastal patrol vessel for patrols off the coast of China in addition to the existing Ōshima. For her design, the Japanese turned to the Royal Navy’s Bramble-class gunboat, the lead ship of which (HMS Bramble) was launched in 1898.
Uji was a metal-hulled gunboat with a triple expansion reciprocating
launched
on 14 March 1903. She was completed on 11 August 1904 and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as a second class gunboat.
Uji was completed after the start of the
navy list
on 1 April 1936 and was scrapped on 25 August 1936.
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.