Global Information Lookup Global Information

Japanese battleship Kawachi information


Kawachi at anchor
History
Japanese battleship KawachiJapan
NameKawachi
NamesakeKawachi Province
Ordered22 June 1907
BuilderYokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down1 April 1909
Launched15 October 1910
Commissioned31 March 1912
Stricken21 September 1918
FateSunk by magazine explosion, 12 July 1918 (34°00′N 131°36′E / 34.00°N 131.60°E / 34.00; 131.60)
General characteristics
Class and typeKawachi-class battleship
Displacement21,833 long tons (22,183 t) (normal)
Length526 feet (160.32 m) (o/a)
Beam84 feet 2 inches (25.65 m)
Draft27 feet 8 inches (8.43 m)
Installed power
  • 16 Miyabara water-tube boilers
  • 25,000 shp (19,000 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 steam turbine sets
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range2,700 nmi (5,000 km; 3,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement999
Armament
  • 2 × twin 12 in (305 mm)/50 guns
  • 4 × twin 12 in/45 guns
  • 10 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
  • 8 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
  • 12 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) guns
  • 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor
  • Waterline belt: 5–12 in (127–305 mm)
  • Deck: 1.1 in (29 mm)
  • Gun turrets: 11 in (279 mm)
  • Conning tower: 6–10 in (152–254 mm)
  • Barbettes: 9–11 in (229–279 mm)

Kawachi (河内) was the lead ship of her class of two Kawachi-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the 1910s. Completed in 1912, she often served as a flagship. Her only combat action during World War I was when she bombarded German fortifications in China during the Battle of Tsingtao in 1914. She sank in 1918 after an explosion in her ammunition magazine with the loss of over 600 officers and crewmen.

and 17 Related for: Japanese battleship Kawachi information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8147 seconds.)

Japanese battleship Kawachi

Last Update:

Kawachi (河内) was the lead ship of her class of two Kawachi-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the 1910s. Completed...

Word Count : 1503

List of battleships of Japan

Last Update:

1940s, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built a series of battleships as it expanded its fleet. Previously, the Empire of Japan had acquired a few ironclad...

Word Count : 6354

Japanese battleship Settsu

Last Update:

the Kawachi-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century. Following the Japanese ship-naming...

Word Count : 1859

Kawachi

Last Update:

Japanese music Kawachi-class battleship, a two-ship class of dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy Japanese battleship Kawachi...

Word Count : 166

Imperial Japanese Navy

Last Update:

Great Britain, with the following battleship class in 1909, the Kawachi, being built with only 20% imported parts. Japan entered World War I on the side...

Word Count : 11993

List of sunken battleships

Last Update:

of Imperial Japanese Warships (Paper II).(subscription required) Lengerer, Hans (September 2006). Ahlberg, Lars (ed.). "Battleships Kawachi and Settsu"...

Word Count : 5906

Dreadnought

Last Update:

The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought, had such an...

Word Count : 13262

List of battleships of World War II

Last Update:

This is a list of battleships of the Second World War. All displacements are at standard load, in metric tonnes, so as to avoid confusion over their relative...

Word Count : 693

List of battleships

Last Update:

of battleships includes all battleships built between 1859 and 1946, listed alphabetically. The boundary between ironclads and the first battleships, the...

Word Count : 267

Kure Naval Arsenal

Last Update:

Yamato-class battleship 1941 Nagato, Nagato-class battleship 1920 Settsu, Kawachi-class battleship 1912 Akagi, Amagi-class battlecruiser/Akagi-class aircraft...

Word Count : 513

List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Last Update:

Class Overview MaritimeQuest Japanese Battleship Index Japanese gunboats in Japanese, with photo Japanese gunboats in Japanese, with photo Materials of IJN...

Word Count : 2199

Deadliest single days of World War I

Last Update:

Cruiser Pallada October 11, 1914 597 1,700,000 0.04%  Empire of Japan Battleship Kawachi July 12, 1918 500–700 4,661 13%  United States USS Cyclops After...

Word Count : 1745

Empire of Japan

Last Update:

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji...

Word Count : 15517

List of battleships of World War I

Last Update:

This is a list of battleships of the First World War. All displacements are at standard load, in metric tonnes, so as to avoid confusion over their relative...

Word Count : 399

Shimazu Tadashige

Last Update:

to the battleship Settsu after having completed navigation and advanced gunnery training. As lieutenant, he served aboard the Tsukuba and Kawachi during...

Word Count : 444

Morio Matsudaira

Last Update:

peerage system. In 1914, he was appointed chief gunnery officer on the battleship Kawachi, and served from 1915-1916 as executive officer on the cruiser Hashidate...

Word Count : 345

Takeo Takagi

Last Update:

and after his commissioning as ensign, on the cruiser Asama and battleship Kawachi. As a lieutenant, he served on submarine S-15, and following advanced...

Word Count : 941

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net