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KAWASEMI torpedo boat (1906 / 1937)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

翡 [Kawasemi] (ex- 湖活 [Hu Oah])

Kawasaki, Kobe: Kawasemi

1906 / 1939: Kawasemi

none

none

1940: Kawasemi


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

96

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

41.1 pp

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

2.39

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 Normand boiler

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

coal 18

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 350 TT, 1 - 350 TT (bow)

Complement

40



Project history

Old Chinese 2nd class torpedo boat, engined by Normand, was sunk 8.10.1937 by Japanese aircraft. Later salvaged and temporarily commissioned by Japanese Navy. In 1937 can make only 13kts.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.