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dated 2 July 1886, an item reported that the
British shipyard of Messrs. Yarrow & Co. at Poplar built for account of the Japanese government a torpedo boat of which the design was not the usual type. She was larger as the torpedo boats until then built while her vulnerable parts including the
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The torpedo boat was disassembled and shipped to Japan, where she was to be assembled again. She was armed with two torpedo tubes placed in fixed bow launching tubes for (gunpowder-ejected) torpedoes. Amidships and aft were on the exposed deck were turntables placed for mounting each a pair of
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machinery were protected against machine-gun fire by 1" armour made of steel. Main dimensions were 166 x 19 feet, with a displacement of 203 tons. The 1,400-hp engines delivered via twin screws gave her a speed of 19-20 knots possible.
288:(1904–1905). She was decommissioned on 1 April 1908, to become a training ship. She was retired on 1 March 1916, but again reactivated in 1917, ending her career in January 1927.
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torpedo guns. It was almost possible to fire parallel with this guns. Yarrow had already built 8 years earlier torpedo boats for Japan which were designed by Sir
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demonstrated that she could go beyond a role of coastal defense, and was capable of following larger ships on the high seas. The
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Imperial Japanese Navy, Part I".
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311:When launched in 1887,
292:Design and construction
282:First Sino-Japanese War
181:5.8 m (19 ft)
147:General characteristics
560:Imperial Japanese Navy
271:Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
259:Imperial Japanese Navy
502:Warship International
473:Warship International
444:Warship International
308:until 29 April 1885.
1130:Single ship of class
899:Unprotected cruisers
727:Ironclad battleships
571:Minister of the Navy
89:Yarrow & Company
21:Japanese ship Kotaka
802:Protected cruisers
664:Russo-Japanese War
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156:Torpedo boat
134:1 April 1908
123:Commissioned
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265:in London,
1161:1887 ships
1150:Categories
954:Destroyers
832:Matsushima
688:Shikishima
406:References
319:destroyers
194:Propulsion
1045:Shirataka
1009:Corvettes
984:Shirakumo
601:Air Units
514:0043-0374
485:0043-0374
456:0043-0374
354:In 1904,
115:Completed
99:Laid down
1063:Gunboats
1052:Hayabusa
998:Kamikaze
991:Harusame
977:Akatsuki
970:Murakumo
963:Ikazuchi
908:Tsukushi
860:Takasago
736:Dingyuan
611:Aircraft
581:Admirals
522:44895429
493:44895898
464:44894420
214:Armament
107:Launched
1093:Epsilon
943:Chihaya
929:Tatsuta
922:Yaeyama
874:Niitaka
846:Yoshino
825:Chiyoda
791:Tsukuba
716:Satsuma
621:Battles
616:Weapons
306:Yarrows
263:Yarrows
257:of the
186:Draught
85:Builder
77:Ordered
46:History
1086:ĹŚshima
1038:Kotaka
1018:Kaimon
936:Miyako
867:Kasagi
818:Naniwa
784:Kasuga
770:Yakumo
709:Katori
702:Mikasa
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356:Kotaka
329:Kotaka
313:Kotaka
298:Kotaka
253:was a
235:Kotaka
170:Length
71:Kotaka
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38:Kotaka
1114:Heien
1072:BanjĹŤ
915:Takao
888:Saien
881:Otowa
811:Izumi
777:Azuma
763:Izumo
756:Asama
695:Asahi
606:Ships
586:Ranks
518:JSTOR
489:JSTOR
460:JSTOR
362:Notes
275:Japan
207:knots
202:Speed
1100:Iota
1079:Maya
853:Suma
681:Fuji
510:ISSN
481:ISSN
452:ISSN
433:ISBN
420:ISBN
398:Howe
302:TB-1
178:Beam
152:Type
139:Fate
102:1887
80:1885
67:Name
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