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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
暁 [Akatsuki] (ex-Решительный [Reshitelny], ex-Кондор [Kondor], ex-Баклан [Baklan]), 1906- 山彦 [Yamabiko]			Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg // Port Arthur Wks, Russia	1900 // 4.1901	26.7.1901	7.1902 // 8.1904	stricken 1917
文月 [Fumizuki] (ex-Сильный [Silny])			Izhora Wks, Kolpino // Port Arthur Wks, Russia	7.1902 // 1903	21.6.1903	12.1903 // 1905	stricken 1913

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	250
Displacement full, t	305
Length, m	61.0
Breadth, m	5.67
Draught, m	2.39
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Akatsuki: 2 VTE, 8 Yarrow boilers Fumizuki: 2 VTE, 4 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	3800
Max speed, kts	26.5 - 27.5
Fuel, t	coal 58 - 80
Endurance, nm(kts)	450-660(13)
Armament	1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 3 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 381 TT
Complement	51 - 58

Standard scale images

Project history

Modified Russian Sokol class. Silny was scuttled by own crew at Port Arthur 1.1.1905, next day fell into Japanese hands, raised 22.8.1905 and commissioned by IJN after repair. Reshitelny was interned by China at Chifu 11.8.1904 but next day was captured by Japanese and renamed Akatsuki.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Akatsuki was badly damaged and after repair renamed Yamabiko.