 Unebi departing Le Havre, October 1886
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | Naniwa class |
| Succeeded by | Matsushima class |
| Planned | 1 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Lost | 1 |
| History | |
| Name | Unebi |
| Namesake | Mount Unebi |
| Builder | Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Le Havre, France |
| Laid down | 27 May 1884 |
| Launched | 6 April 1886 |
| Completed | 18 October 1886 |
| Stricken | 19 October 1887 |
| Fate | Lost at sea, December 1886 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,615 long tons (3,673 t) |
| Length | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) w/l |
| Beam | 13.1 m (43 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 5.72 m (18 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 6 cylindrical boilers; 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 double-expansion steam engines |
| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Speed | 17.5–18.5 knots (32.4–34.3 km/h; 20.1–21.3 mph) |
| Complement | 400 |
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Unebi (畝傍) was a protected cruiser built in France for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde during the 1880s as the Japanese were not yet able to build warships of her size in Japan. Completed in 1886, the ship disappeared somewhere between Singapore and Japan on her delivery voyage with the loss of all hands.