Harusame-class destroyer
Japanese destroyer Murasame at Sasebo, 1919 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Harusame class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | Shirakumo class |
| Succeeded by | Kamikaze class |
| In commission | June 1903 - April 1923 |
| Completed | 7 |
| Lost | 2 |
| Retired | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 375 tons normal, 435 tons full load |
| Length |
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| Beam | 6.57 m (21.6 ft) |
| Draught | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft reciprocating, 4 coal-fired boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW) |
| Speed | 29 kn (54 km/h) |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 55 |
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The Harusame-class destroyers (春雨型駆逐艦, Harusamegata kuchikukan) was a class of seven torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Harusame class of destroyers were the first destroyers to be built in Japan.