Japanese gunboat Akagi

Akagi at Kure in 1902
History
Empire of Japan
Name Akagi
Ordered1885
BuilderOnohama Shipyards
Laid down20 July 1886
Launched7 August 1888
Commissioned20 August 1890
Stricken1 April 1911
FateSold 1912; scrapped 1953
General characteristics
Class & typeMaya-class gunboat
Displacement622 long tons (632 t)
Length51.0 m (167.3 ft)
Beam8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draught2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
  • reciprocating steam engine
  • 2 shafts, 2 boilers
  • 963 hp (718 kW)
Speed10.0 knots (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h)
Range74.4 tons coal
Complement111
Armament
Service record
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Akagi (赤城) was a steel-hulled, steam gunboat, serving in the early Imperial Japanese Navy. She was the fourth and final vessel to be completed in the four-vessel Maya class and was named after Mount Akagi in Gunma Prefecture.