Laid down
at Maizuru, Japan in August 1920, launched in March 1921 and completed in August
1921.
The
military liaison officer at the Dutch embassy at Japan supplied in his letter
dated Tokyo, Japan 1 February 1922 to the supreme command of the Dutch army
with the general technical characteristics of the Japanese modern 1.345 ton 1st
class destroyers. The attachments were in English and not translated by him to
prevent a wrong translation of the technical details.
General
technical characteristics of the modern 1.345 ton 1st class
destroyers. Displacement
1.345 tons and as dimensions 320’ (between perpendiculars)-336.6” (over all) x
29’3” x 9”6”. High short forecastle, deadwood and stern cut away. The
machinery consisted of Brown Curtiss high pressure and low pressure backing
turbines with reduction gears on each shaft and without cruising turbines
except the destroyers built at Mitsubishi and Nagasaki which were fitted out
with Parsons turbines with Parsons rigid frame reduction gear, straight tube
condensers and 4 small tube oil fired Kwansei boilers supplying 37.000-38.500
hp via 2 screws allowing a speed of 34 (design)-37/41 (trials) knots. Cylindrical
steam and mud drums blowers with straight tubes 1-1.8” except about 4 rows bear
outside that are curved at the mud drums and 3” outside rows also curved at mud
drums. With an oil
bunker capacity of around 315 tons and an economical speed of 16 knots was
their range 4.000 nautical miles. Blowers comparable with Sirocco blowers. Turning
circle 450-500 yards. Roll completed in 8 seconds. The armament consisted of
4x1-4.7” guns 40 cal in center line (1 forecastle, 1 deckhouse between funnels,
1 deckhouse abaft tunnels, 1 deckhouse aft resulting in 1 firing ahead, 4
broadside and 1 aft), 2 machineguns on bridge wings, 3x2-21” torpedo tubes on center
line 1 in well abaft forecastle, 1 just forward of main mast and 1 abaft
mainmast for which 6 torpedoes were carried (6 in tubes, 4 reloads) and 2 mine
tracks aft. Fitted out for minesweeping. Two 30” search lights. Four boats, Two
funnels. Two masts. Crew numbered 148 men.
Source
Archive
Dutch Naval Staff 1886-1942 inventory number 137 (National Archive at The
Hague, Netherlands.
