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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
JAPAN
CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
auxiliary gunboats of Russian-Japanese war


Ships


Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT

Dimensions, m

(length pp)

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate
平城丸 [Heijo Maru] 1903 // 1905 Kawasaki, Kobe 1201 66.6x9.4 12 1VTE   returned 1905


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Asahi Maru (1884, 497, 1904-1905); Fuso Maru (1895, 319, 1905-1905); Hijikawa Maru 5-go (1897, 564, 1904-11.8.1905); Kagawa Maru (1903, 613, 1904-1905), Kiikawa Maru (1892, 209, 2.1905-1905); Kosho Maru (1883, 564, 6.1904-1904); Manda Maru (1900, 248, 1904-1905); Miyoshima Maru (1902, 273, 1904-1905); Mukogawa Maru (1893, 418, 1904-1905); Otagawa Maru (1893, 498, 1904-8.8.1904); Ryojun Maru (1897, 499, 1904-1905); Sabagawa Maru (1890, 313, 2.1905-1905); Shinyu Maru (1903, 414, 2.1905-1905); Taiko Maru (1891, 498, 2.1905-1905); Yehime Maru (1903, 623, 2.1905-1905); Yoshidagawa Maru (1890, 310, 1904-1905)

Project history

Merchant ships converted to gunboats.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.