Japanese destroyer Shiranui (1899)

History
Empire of Japan
Name	Shiranui
Namesake	不知火 ("Phosphorescent Foam")
Ordered	1896
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick, England
Laid down	1 January 1898
Launched	15 March 1899
Completed	13 May 1899
Commissioned	13 May 1899
Reclassified	From torpedo boat destroyer to destroyer 22 June 1900; Third-class destroyer 28 August 1912; Special service vessel (second-class minesweeper) 1 April 1922; Second-class minesweeper 30 June 1923;
Stricken	1 August 1923
Renamed	No. 2526 1 August 1923
Reclassified	General utility vessel (cargo ship) 1 August 1923
Decommissioned	25 February 1925
Fate	Hulked 25 February 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:	Russo-Japanese War; Battle of Port Arthur; Battle of the Yellow Sea; Battle of Tsushima; World War I; Siege of Tsingtao;

Shiranui (不知火, "Phosphorescent Foam") was one of six Murakumo-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s. Shiranui took part in several major engagements during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) and served during World War I (1914–1918).

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