Japanese ironclad Kongō
Kongō (金剛, Kongō) was the lead ship of the Kongō-class ironclad corvettes built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the 1870s. The class was built in the United Kingdom because such ships could not yet be constructed in Japan. Completed in 1878, Kongō briefly served with the Small Standing Fleet before becoming a training ship in 1887, thereafter making training cruises to the Mediterranean and to countries on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The ship returned to active duty during the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95 where she participated in the Battle of Weihaiwei. Kongō resumed her training duties after the war, though she also played a minor role in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. The ship was reclassified as a survey ship in 1906 and was sold for scrap in 1910.
Kongō at anchor | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Kongō |
| Namesake | Mount Kongō |
| Ordered | 24 September 1875 |
| Builder | Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Hull, England |
| Laid down | 24 September 1875? |
| Launched | 17 April 1877 |
| Completed | January 1878 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 20 July 1909 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 20 May 1910 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kongō-class ironclad corvette |
| Displacement | 2,248 long tons (2,284 t) |
| Length | 220 ft (67.1 m) |
| Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 HRCR steam engine |
| Sail plan | Barque rigged |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range | 3,100 nmi (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 234 |
| Armament | |
| Armor | Belt: 3–4.5 in (76–114 mm) |