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Chidori Many thanks to Alexandr Isaenko for the information about this class and granted photo.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
千鳥 [Chidori]			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre, France	1899	1901	4.1901	stricken 1919
隼 [Hayabusa]			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre, France	1899	1899	4.1900	stricken 1919
鵲 [Kasasagi]			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre, France	1899	1900	11.1900	stricken 1919
真鶴 [Manazuru]			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre, France	1899	1900	11.1900	stricken 1921
蒼鷹 [Aotaka]			Kure K K	1902	2.1903	8.1903	stricken 1922
鶉 [Uzura]			Kawasaki, Kobe		2.1904	4.1904	stricken 1923
橋鷹 [Hashitaka]			Kawasaki, Kobe		12.1903	2.1904	stricken 1923
鳩 [Hato]			Kure K K		7.1903	10.1903	stricken 1923
恭弥 [Hibari]			Kure K K		10.1903	1.1904	stricken 1923
鴎 [Kamome]			Kawasaki, Kobe		4.1904	6.1904	stricken 1923
雁 [Kari]			Kure K K		14.3.1903	7.1903	stricken 1922
雉 [Kiji]			Kure K K	9/1902	5.11.1903	1.1904	wrecked 31.3.1904
鴻 [Otori]			Kawasaki, Kobe		4.1904	6.1904	stricken 1923
鷺 [Sagi]			Kawasaki, Kobe		12.1903	3.1904	stricken 1923
燕 [Tsubame]			Kure K K		8.1903	11.1903	stricken 1922
雉 [Kiji]			Kure K K	6/1904	18.4.1905	5.1905	stricken 1923

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	150
Displacement full, t
Length, m	46.4
Breadth, m	4.90
Draught, m	1.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Normand boilers
Power, h. p.	4200
Max speed, kts	29
Fuel, t	coal 26
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 47/30 21/2pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 3 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	30

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Project history

Built under drawings of French torpedo boat Cyclone: first 4 in France, remaining under licence in Japan. 4 French-built boats were re-assembled in Japan in 1900-1901. Built under 1896-97 and 1897-98 programs.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

First Kiji wrecked 31.3.1904 in southern part of Tsushima Strait.

Many thanks to Alexandr Isaenko for the information about this class and granted photo.