For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Atago.
Atago at Kure, 1897
History
Empire of Japan
Name
Atago
Ordered
1883
Builder
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down
17 July 1886
Launched
18 June 1887
Commissioned
2 March 1889
Stricken
15 June 1905
Fate
Grounded and sank 6 November 1904
General characteristics
Class and type
Maya-class gunboat
Displacement
614 long tons (624 t)
Length
47.0 m (154.2 ft)
Beam
8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draught
2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
reciprocating steam engine
2 shafts, 2 boilers
950 hp (710 kW)
Speed
11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h)
Range
60 tons coal
Complement
104
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.
^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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