Murakumo-class destroyer
Murakumo-class destroyer Kagerō at Kure, 1920 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Murakumo class |
| Builders | John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick, England |
| Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | Ikazuchi class |
| Succeeded by | Akatsuki class |
| In commission | December 1898 - June 1925 |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 19.5 ft (5.9 m) |
| Draught | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Depth | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft reciprocating, 3 boilers, 5,800 ihp (4,300 kW) |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement | 50 |
| Armament |
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The Murakumo-class destroyers (叢雲型駆逐艦, Murakumo-gata kuchikukan) ("Gathering Clouds") were a class of six torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built in Britain in 1897–99. The class is also sometimes referred to as the Shinonome-class destroyers (東雲駆逐艦, Shinonome-gata kuchikukan)("Daybreak"). All were named after celestial phenomena.