Japanese destroyer Shinonome (1898)

History
Empire of Japan
Name	Shinonome
Namesake	東雲 ("Dawn Cloud")
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick, England
Yard number	Torpedo Boat Destroyer No. 3
Laid down	1 October 1897
Launched	14 December 1898
Completed	1 February 1899
Commissioned	1 February 1899
Reclassified	From torpedo boat destroyer to destroyer 22 June 1900; Third-class destroyer 28 August 1912;
Identification	GQJW; ;
Fate	Wrecked 20 July 1913; Sank 23 July 1913;
Stricken	6 August 1913
Notes	Wreck sold 29 November 1913
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:	Russo-Japanese War; Battle of Port Arthur; Battle of the Yellow Sea; Battle of Tsushima;

Shinonome (東雲, "Dawn Cloud") was one of six Murakumo-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s. Shinonome took part in several major engagements during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) and was wrecked in 1913.

Some sources regard Shinonome as the lead ship of her class and refer to the Murakumo class as the Shinonome class.

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