Japanese gunboat Banjō
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Banjō (磐城, Cliff Castle) was a steam gunboat, serving in the early Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after a mountain in Shizuoka prefecture.
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Japanese gunboat Banjō in 1889 | |
History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Banjō |
Ordered | 1877 |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 1 February 1877 |
Launched | 16 July 1878 |
Commissioned | 5 July 1880 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1907 |
Stricken | 23 May 1911 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 656 long tons (667 t) |
Length | 47.7 m (156 ft) |
Beam | 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 10.0 knots (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h) |
Range | 107 tons coal |
Complement | 112 |
Armament |
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