Kamikaze-class destroyer (1905)

The Kamikaze-class destroyers (神風型駆逐艦, Kamikaze-gata kuchikukan, "divine wind") were a class of thirty-two torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Kamikaze class of destroyers were the first destroyers to be mass-produced in Japan. The class is also sometimes referred to as the Asakaze class. This class of destroyer should not be confused with the later Kamikaze-class destroyers built in 1922, which participated in the Pacific War.

For other ships with the same name, see Kamikaze-class destroyer.
Japanese destroyer Ushio at Vladivostok 1920
Class overview
NameKamikaze class
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded byHarusame class
Succeeded byUmikaze class
In commission16 August 1905 – 1 April 1928
Completed32
Lost2
Retired30
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 381 long tons (387 t) normal,
  • 450 long tons (457 t)
Length
  • 69.2 m (227 ft) pp,
  • 72 m (236 ft)
Beam6.57 m (21.6 ft)
Draught1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Propulsion2-shaft reciprocating, 4 coal-fired boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Speed29 knots (54 km/h)
Range850 nmi (1,570 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement70
Armament
  • 2 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval guns
  • 4 × QF 12 pounder 8 cwt naval guns
  • 2 × 18-inch (457 mm) torpedoes
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