Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lethington |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Robert Duncan and company, Port Glasgow |
| Launched | 21 September 1900 |
| Completed | October 1901 |
| Notes | chartered by Russia during Russo-Japanese War; Captured by Japan on 12 January 1905 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| Japan | |
| Name | Wakamiya |
| Acquired | 1913 |
| Commissioned | 17 August 1914 |
| Renamed |
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| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 1 April 1931 |
| Fate | Sold to Eizo Aoki on 26 November 1931, scrapped in 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Seaplane carrier |
| Displacement | 7,720 long tons (7,844 t) |
| Length | 111.25 m (365 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion | VTE engines, 3 boilers, 1 shaft, 1,590 ihp (1,190 kW) |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 234 |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 × Farman MF.11 seaplanes |
Wakamiya (Japanese: 若宮丸, later 若宮艦) was a seaplane carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the first Japanese aircraft carrier. She was converted from a transport ship into a seaplane carrier and commissioned in August 1914. She was equipped with four Japanese-built French Maurice Farman seaplanes (powered by Renault 70 hp (52 kW) engines). In September 1914, she conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids.