Japanese destroyer Akatsuki (1901)
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Akatsuki |
| Namesake | 暁 ("Daybreak") |
| Ordered | 1900 |
| Builder | Yarrow & Company, Cubitt Town, London, England |
| Yard number | Torpedo Boat Destroyer No. 13 |
| Laid down | 10 December 1900 |
| Launched | 13 February 1901 or 13 November 1901 (see text) |
| Completed | 14 December 1901 |
| Commissioned | 14 December 1901 |
| Fate | Sunk 17 May 1904 |
| Stricken | 19 October 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Akatsuki-class destroyer |
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| Beam | 6.28 m (20.6 ft) |
| Draught | 1.73 m (5.7 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft reciprocating, 4 Yarrow boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW) |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement | 62 |
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Akatsuki (暁, "Daybreak") was the lead ship of two Akatsuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 1900s. Akatsuki took part in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), during which she participated in the Battle of Port Arthur in February 1904, then struck a mine and sank in May 1904.