Katsuragi-class corvette

Katsuragi in 1897
Class overview
NameKatsuragi class
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Built1883–1888
In commission1887–1935
Completed3
Lost0
Scrapped1
General characteristics
TypeSteam corvette
Displacement1,500 t (1,476 long tons)
Length62.78 m (206 ft 0 in)
Beam10.7 m (35 ft 1 in)
Draft4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Installed power1,622 ihp (1,210 kW)
Propulsion
Sail planBarque-rigged sloop (3 × masts)
Speed13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Capacity132 t (146 short tons) coal
Complement231
Armament
  • 2 × 170 mm (6.7 in) Krupp breech-loading guns
  • 5 × 120 mm (4.7 in) Krupp breech-loading guns
  • 1 × 80 mm (3.1 in) Krupp QF gun
  • 4 × quadruple 1-inch Nordenfelt guns
  • 2 × 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

The Katsuragi class (葛城型スループ, Katsuragi-gata suru-pu) was a three-ship class of composite hulled, sail-and-steam corvettes of the early Imperial Japanese Navy.[1]

  1. ^ Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 87