NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
摩耶 [Maya]			Onohama, Kobe	6/1885	18.8.1886	1/1888	fishery protection 5.1908, stricken 12.1911
鳥海 [Chokai]			Ishikawajima, Tokyo	12/1885	20.9.1887	10/1888	fishery protection 1908, sold 1914
愛宕 [Atago]			Yokosuka K K	7/1886	6/1887	3/1889	wrecked 6.11.1904
赤城 [Akagi]			Onohama, Kobe	7/1886	7.8.1888	8/1890	stricken 4.1911

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	622
Displacement full, t
Length, m	46.8 pp
Breadth, m	8.20
Draught, m	3.11
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 2-cyl HCDA, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	963
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	coal 68 - 74
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Maya: 2 x 1 - 149/22 RKL/25 C/74, 2 x 1 - 57/43 Nordenfelt Mk I, 2 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I Chokai, Atago, Akagi: 1 x 1 - 209/19 RKL/22 C/72, 1 x 1 - 120/22 RKL/25 C/78, 2 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I Akagi: 4 x 1 - 120/32 Five Lille, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I
Complement	104

Standard scale images

Project history

These four schooner-rigged vessels were ordered under the 1882 Programme, the first two having iron hulls, the third a combination of iron and steel and the fourth an all steel hull. The Akagi was distinguished from the other ships by having a raised forecastle.

Modernizations

1894, Akagi: - 4 x 1 - 120/32; + 4 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong R, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I;

late 1890s, Maya: was rearmed with 4 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong R, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I

Naval service

Atago wrecked 6.11.1904 SW of Port Arthur after running to a cliff in a fog.