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Latest revision as of 13:33, 9 May 2018

Two Kongō class armored corvettes were completed for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1870s.

Overview of 2 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Kongō Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull c. late 1875 Apr, 1877 Sold 20 May, 1910
Hiei Milford Haven Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Pembroke c. late 1875 12 Jun, 1877 Sold c. Mar, 1912

Design & Construction

Designed by former Chief Constructor Sir Edward Reed.[1]

Performance

Armament

As Completed

  • three 6.7-inch Krupp breech-loading rifles
  • six 5.9-inch Krupp breech-loading rifles
  • four 1-pounders
  • seven machine guns
  • two 14-inch above-water torpedo tubes

[2]

1895

  • three 6.7-inch Krupp breech-loading rifles
  • six 5.9-inch Krupp breech-loading rifles
  • one 25mm quick-firing gun
  • four 1-pounders
  • seven machine guns
  • two 14-inch above-water torpedo tubes

[3]

1903

  • three 6.7-inch Krupp breech-loading rifles
  • six 5.9-inch Krupp breech-loading rifles
  • two 3-inch guns
  • two 47mm guns
  • six machine guns
  • two 14-inch above-water torpedo tubes

[4]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. p. 13.
  2. ↑ Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. p. 13.
  3. ↑ Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. p. 13.
  4. ↑ Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. p. 13.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.


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