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Atago at Kure, 1897
History
Japanese gunboat AtagoEmpire of Japan
Name Atago
Ordered1883
BuilderYokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down17 July 1886
Launched18 June 1887
Commissioned2 March 1889
Stricken15 June 1905
FateGrounded and sank 6 November 1904
General characteristics
Class and typeMaya-class gunboat
Displacement614 long tons (624 t)
Length47.0 m (154.2 ft)
Beam8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draught2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
  • reciprocating steam engine
  • 2 shafts, 2 boilers
  • 950 hp (710 kW)
Speed11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h)
Range60 tons coal
Complement104
Armament
  • 1 × 210 mm (8 in) Krupp L/22 breech-loading gun
  • 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) Krupp L/22 breech-loading gun
  • 2 × 25.4 mm (1.00 in) Nordenfelt guns
Service record
Operations:
  • Battle of Weihaiwei
  • Boxer Rebellion
  • Siege of Port Arthur

Atago (愛宕) was a composite hulled, steam gunboat, serving in the early Imperial Japanese Navy.[1] She was the third vessel to be completed in the four vessel Maya class, and was named after Mount Atago in Kyoto.

  1. ^ Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 115

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