Japanese corvette Katsuragi

Katsuragi (葛城) was the lead ship in the Katsuragi class of three composite hulled, sail-and-steam corvettes of the early Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named for a mountain located between Osaka and Nara prefectures.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Katsuragi.
Katsuragi in 1897
History
Empire of Japan
NameKatsuragi
Ordered1882 Fiscal Year
BuilderYokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan
Laid down18 August 1883
Launched31 March 1885
Commissioned4 November 1887
Stricken11 April 1913
FateScrapped, 11 April 1913
General characteristics
Class and typeKatsuragi-class corvette
Displacement1,500 t (1,476 long tons)
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 (3 × masts)
Speed13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
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
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