Akatsuki class 3rd class destroyers




Displacement363t normal, 415t full load
Length67.26m pp, 68.45m oa
Width6.26m
Draught1.73m
Machinery2-shaft recipro, 4 boilers, 6000ihp
Fuelcoal 89t
Speed31kt
Armament2-8cm/40cal gun, 4-57mm gun, 2-45cm TT
Complement59



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
AkatsukiFY1900UK Yarrow1900.12.101901. 2.131901.12.14DD (Warships)1904. 5.17 sunk
(mined, off Port Arthur)
[38.38N, 121.05E]
1905.10.19 disc
KasumiFY1900UK Yarrow1901. 2. 11902. 1.231902. 2.14DD (Warships)1905.12.12 DD
1912. 8.28 DD3
1913. 4. 1 disc
1914. 8. 3 miscellaneous(Kasumi-maru)
1920. 7. 1 renamed(Kasumi)



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