Akatsuki-class destroyer (1901)

Akatsuki-class destroyer Kasumi in London on commissioning, 1902
Class overview
Name	Akatsuki class
Builders	Yarrow & Co, Cubitt Town, London
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Murakumo class
Succeeded by	Shirakumo class
In commission	December 1901 – April 1913
Completed	2
Lost	1
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	363 long tons (369 t) normal, 415 long tons (422 t) full load
Length	67.29 m (220.8 ft) pp, 68.45 m (224.6 ft) overall
Beam	6.28 m (20.6 ft)
Draught	1.73 m (5.7 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft reciprocating, 4 Yarrow boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement	62
Armament	1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun 5 × QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedoes

The Akatsuki-class destroyers (暁型駆逐艦, Akatsukigata kuchikukan) was a class of two torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built in Britain in 1901-02.^[1]