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Japanese corvette Musashi information


Musashi circa 1897
History
Japanese corvette MusashiEmpire of Japan
NameMusashi
Ordered1883 Fiscal Year
BuilderYokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan
Laid down1 October 1884
Launched30 March 1886
Commissioned9 February 1887
Stricken1 April 1928
FateScrapped 1935
General characteristics
Class and typeKatsuragi-class corvette
Displacement1,476 long tons (1,500 t)
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
  • 1 × horizontally mounted reciprocating steam engine
  • 6 boilers, 2 × screws
Sail planBarque-rigged sloop
Speed13 knots (15 mph; 24 km/h)
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

Musashi (武蔵) was the third and final vessel in the Katsuragi class of composite hulled, sail-and-steam corvettes of the early Imperial Japanese Navy. It was named for Musashi province, a former province of Japan located in the Kantō region. The name was used again for the more famous World War II battleship Musashi.

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