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425:, two sited between the funnels and one on the
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764:Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland.
737:. Thacker, Spink & Co. ASIN: B00085LCZ4.
335:. Both were ordered on 5 November 1900 from
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16:For other ships with the same name, see
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383:design with a distinctive "turtleback"
376:, also known as the "Thirty Knotters".
453:arrived at Yokosuka on 7 May 1902 and
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653:Cocker, Destroyers of the Royal Navy
643:The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun
199:68.45 m (224.6 ft) overall
180:415 long tons (422 t) full load
915:Japanese naval ship classes of the
366:The design was similar to the four-
177:363 long tons (369 t) normal,
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576:mined off Port Arthur 17 May 1904
1414:Akatsuki-class destroyers (1901)
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41:in London on commissioning, 1902
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460:During the Russo-Japanese War,
316:, built in Britain in 1901-02.
397:triple expansion steam engines
261:QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
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271:2 × 450 mm (18 in)
192:67.29 m (220.8 ft)
746:. US Naval Institute Press.
742:Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976).
697:. US Naval Institute Press.
578:written off 19 October 1905
421:guns (two sited abreast the
925:Pre-dreadnought battleships
874:List of destroyers of Japan
604:demilitarized 1 April 1913
472:and sank on 17 May 1904 at
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734:The Imperial Japanese Navy
413:gun on a bandstand on the
209:6.28 m (20.6 ft)
128:December 1901 – April 1913
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363:-class vessels in Japan.
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217:1.73 m (5.7 ft)
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677:Cocker, Maurice (1983).
18:Akatsuki-class destroyer
1389:Completed after the war
310:torpedo boat destroyers
299:Akatsukigata kuchikukan
157:General characteristics
664:Imperial Japanese Navy
606:Broken up 1 July 1920
419:QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss
314:Imperial Japanese Navy
267:QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss
93:Imperial Japanese Navy
762:The First Destroyers.
760:Lyon, David (1996).
731:Jane, Fred T (1904).
693:Evans, David (1979).
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437:Operational history
406:. Armament was one
379:Both vessels had a
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491:38.633°N 121.083°E
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404:water-tube boilers
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1092:Akitsushima
555:"Daybreak"
494: /
470:Port Arthur
427:quarterdeck
99:Preceded by
71:Cubitt Town
1403:Categories
1207:Destroyers
1085:Matsushima
941:Shikishima
629:Jentsura,
613:References
538:Completed
532:Laid down
466:naval mine
415:forecastle
411:12-pounder
401:coal-fired
385:forecastle
381:flush deck
371:Royal Navy
320:Background
246:Complement
222:Propulsion
1298:Shirataka
1262:Corvettes
1237:Shirakumo
859:Shirakumo
662:Nishida,
641:Howarth,
535:Launched
464:struck a
431:torpedoes
273:torpedoes
166:Destroyer
133:Completed
117:Shirakumo
81:Operators
1316:Gunboats
1305:Hayabusa
1251:Kamikaze
1244:Harusame
1230:Akatsuki
1223:Murakumo
1216:Ikazuchi
1161:Tsukushi
1113:Takasago
989:Dingyuan
850:Murakumo
827:Akatsuki
813:Akatsuki
551:Akatsuki
529:Builder
482:121°05′E
462:Akatsuki
451:Akatsuki
443:Akatsuki
399:and had
361:Ikazuchi
357:Akatsuki
349:Ikazuchi
331:Ikazuchi
326:Akatsuki
285:Akatsuki
254:Armament
104:Murakumo
63:Builders
56:Akatsuki
35:Akatsuki
1346:Epsilon
1196:Chihaya
1182:Tatsuta
1175:Yaeyama
1127:Niitaka
1099:Yoshino
1078:Chiyoda
1044:Tsukuba
969:Satsuma
592:"Mist"
479:38°38′N
417:, five
374:B class
308:of two
214:Draught
149:Retired
1339:Ōshima
1291:Kotaka
1271:Kaimon
1189:Miyako
1120:Kasagi
1071:Naniwa
1037:Kasuga
1023:Yakumo
962:Katori
955:Mikasa
834:Kasumi
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563:London
521:Kanji
508:Kasumi
455:Kasumi
389:bridge
353:rudder
343:Design
304:was a
187:Length
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75:London
39:Kasumi
1367:Heien
1325:Banjō
1168:Takao
1141:Saien
1134:Otowa
1064:Izumi
1030:Azuma
1016:Izumo
1009:Asama
948:Asahi
861:class
852:class
672:Books
618:Notes
541:Fate
524:Name
441:Both
368:stack
333:class
306:class
293:暁型駆逐艦
239:knots
234:Speed
119:class
106:class
58:class
1353:Iota
1332:Maya
1106:Suma
934:Fuji
766:ISBN
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718:ISBN
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683:ISBN
468:off
324:The
282:The
265:5 ×
259:1 ×
206:Beam
162:Type
141:Lost
52:Name
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237:30
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