Japanese gunboat Akagi

	Akagi at Kure in 1902
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Akagi
Ordered	1885
Builder	Onohama Shipyards
Laid down	20 July 1886
Launched	7 August 1888
Commissioned	20 August 1890
Stricken	1 April 1911
Fate	Sold 1912; scrapped 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	Maya-class gunboat
Displacement	622 long tons (632 t)
Length	51.0 m (167.3 ft)
Beam	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	reciprocating steam engine; 2 shafts, 2 boilers; 963 hp (718 kW);
Speed	10.0 knots (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h)
Range	74.4 tons coal
Complement	111
Armament	4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) Krupp L/22 breech-loading gun; 2 × quadruple 1-inch Nordenfelt guns;
Service record
Operations:	Battle of the Yalu River (1894); Boxer Rebellion; Siege of Port Arthur;

Akagi (赤城) was a steel-hulled, steam gunboat, serving in the early Imperial Japanese Navy. She was the fourth and final vessel to be completed in the four-vessel Maya class and was named after Mount Akagi in Gunma Prefecture.

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