Japanese destroyer Murakumo (1898)

History
Empire of Japan
Name	Murakumo
Namesake	叢雲 ("Gathering Clouds")
Ordered	1896
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick, England
Yard number	Torpedo Boat Destroyer No. 4
Laid down	1 October 1897
Launched	16 November 1898
Completed	29 December 1898
Commissioned	29 December 1898
Reclassified	From torpedo boat destroyer to destroyer) 22 June 1900; Third-class destroyer 28 August 1912;
Identification	GQKB; ;
Stricken	1 April 1919
Renamed	Murakumo Maru 1 April 1919
Reclassified	Miscellaneous vessel (submarine tender/minesweeper) 1 April 1919
Renamed	Murakumo 1 July 1920
Reclassified	Special-duty vessel (second-class minesweeper) 1 July 1920
Reclassified	Utility vessel (target ship) 1 April 1922
Fate	Sunk as target 4 June 1925
General characteristics
Type	Murakumo-class destroyer
Displacement	275 long tons (279 t) normal; 360.5 long tons (366.3 t) full load;
Length	208 ft (63 m) waterline,; 210 ft (64 m) overall;
Beam	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draught	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Depth	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Reciprocating engine, 3 boilers, 5,800 ihp (4,300 kW), 2 shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	50
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun; 5 × QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss guns; 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	Boxer Rebellion; Russo-Japanese War; Battle of Port Arthur; Battle of the Yellow Sea; Battle of Tsushima; Invasion of Sakhalin; World War I; Siege of Tsingtao;

Murakumo (叢雲, "Gathering Clouds") was the lead ship of six Murakumo-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s. Murakumo took part in the Japanese response to the Boxer Rebellion (1900), saw action in several major engagements during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), and served during World War I (1914–1918).

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