NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
磐城 [Banjo]			Yokosuka K K	2.1877	16.7.1878	7.1880	fishery protection 7.1907, stricken 5.1911

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	656
Displacement full, t	708
Length, m	46.9
Breadth, m	7.88
Draught, m	3.90
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HC, 4 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	659
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal 120
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 149/22 RKL/25 C/74, 1 x 1 - 120/22 RKL/25 C/78, 2 x 1 - 79/25 RKL/27 C/73
Complement	112

Project history

Banjo was the smallest of the wooden-hulled vessels, and could be distinguished from the others by her prominent poop.

Modernizations

1880s: + 3 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I

Naval service

No significant events.