Kongō Class Armored Corvette (1877)

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

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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