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KOTAKA small river gunboat (1930)
Ships
| Names | Builders | Commissioned | Losses | Transfers | Discarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
小鷹 [Kotaka] |
Mitsui, Tamano: Kotaka |
1/1930: Kotaka |
Kotaka (31.5.1944) |
none |
none |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 50 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 63 |
| Length, m | 30.0 pp 30.5 oa |
| Breadth, m | 4.90 |
| Draught, m | 0.64 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 diesels |
| Power, h. p. | 540 |
| Max speed, kts | 15.5 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 5 x 1 - 7.7/80 |
| Complement |
Standard scale images
Kotaka 1944
Project history
Built under the 1927 programme for service on the Upper Yangtze. She had very shallow draught and was carried to the Yangtze on board of cargo vessel.
Modernizations
1942 - 1943: - 2 x 1 - 7.7/80
Naval service
Kotaka served as passenger vessel about 1942, she was sunk 31.5.1944 on Yangtze by Chinese aircraft.
