Japanese destroyer Asashio (1902)

History
Empire of Japan
Name	Asashio
Namesake	朝潮 ("Morning Tide")
Ordered	1900
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick, England
Yard number	Destroyer No. 16
Laid down	3 April 1901
Launched	10 January 1902
Completed	4 May 1902
Commissioned	4 May 1902
Reclassified	Third-class destroyer 28 August 1912; Special-duty vessel (second-class minesweeper) 1 April 1922; General service ship (target ship) 1 April 1923;
Stricken	1 April 1923
Fate	Hulked 2 May 1925; Sold 5 April 1926;
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	322 tons normal, 432 tons full load
Length	215 ft 9 in (65.76 m) waterline; 216 ft 9 in (66.07 m) overall;
Beam	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught	8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
Depth	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion	2-shaft reciprocating engines, 4 boilers, engine output 7,000 hp (5,200 kW)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement	62
Armament	1 x QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun; 5 × QF 6 pounder (57 mm) guns; 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	Russo-Japanese War; Battle of Port Arthur; Battle of the Yellow Sea; Battle of Tsushima; World War I; Battle of Tsingtao;

Asashio (朝潮, "Morning Tide") was one of two Shirakumo-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 1900s. During the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), she took part in the Battle of Port Arthur in February 1904, the Battle of the Yellow Sea in August 1904, and the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905. During World War I (1914–1918), she participated in the Battle of Tsingtao in 1914.

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