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Encyclopedia > Japanese corvette Kongo (1877)
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Career IJN Ensign
Builder: Great Britain
Ordered:
Laid down: 1875
Launched: 1877
Commissioned: 1878 (January)
Decommissioned: 1909
Fate: scrapped
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2200 tons
Length: 70 m
Beam: 12.4 m
Draught: 5.3 m
Propulsion: 2500hp
Fuel:
Speed: 14 knots
Complement: 308
Armament: *170mm guns*3
  • 150mm guns*6
  • 360mmm torpedo tube*2
Protection: 88mm-115mm

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