Japanese gunboat Maya

Japanese gunboat Maya off Kure in 1892
History
Empire of Japan
NameMaya
Ordered1883
BuilderOnohama Shipyards
Laid down1 June 1885
Launched18 August 1886
Commissioned10 January 1888
Decommissioned16 May 1908
Stricken1 December 1911
FateScrapped 1932
General characteristics
Class and typeMaya-class gunboat
Displacement614 long tons (624 t)
Length47.0 m (154.2 ft)
Beam8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draught2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
  • reciprocating steam engine
  • 2 shafts, 2 boilers
  • 950 hp (710 kW)
Speed11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h)
Range60 tons coal
Complement104
Armament
Service record
Operations: Siege of Port Arthur

Maya (摩耶) was an iron-hulled, steam gunboat, serving in the early Imperial Japanese Navy.[1] She was the lead vessel in the four vessel Maya class, and was named after Mount Maya in Kobe.

  1. ^ Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 115