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Tuesday 17 January 2017

Japanese torpedo boat 1st class Shirataka (1899) according to Brasseys’ naval annual 1912

Built at Elbing, Germany in 1899, displacement 150 tons and as dimensions 147.7 x 16.0 x 8.2 feet. Number of screws 1, horsepower 4.200 ihp, trial speed 27 knots, an armament of 1-6pd gun, 2-3pd guns, 3 torpedo tubes, a crew numbering 26 men and a coal bunker capacity of 30 tons.