Japanese corvette Katsuragi
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 Katsuragi in 1897 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Katsuragi |
| Ordered | 1882 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan |
| Laid down | 18 August 1883 |
| Launched | 31 March 1885 |
| Commissioned | 4 November 1887 |
| Stricken | 11 April 1913 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 11 April 1913 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Katsuragi-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,500 t (1,476 long tons) |
| Length | 62.78 m (206 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 1,622 ihp (1,210 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged sloop (3 × masts) |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Capacity | 132 t (146 short tons) coal |
| Complement | 231 |
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Katsuragi (葛城) was the lead ship in the Katsuragi class of three composite hulled, sail-and-steam corvettes of the early Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named for a mountain located between Osaka and Nara prefectures.
Katsuragi was designed as an iron-ribbed, wooden-hulled, three-masted barque-rigged sloop-of-war with a coal-fired double-expansion reciprocating steam engine with six cylindrical boilers driving a double screw.[1] Her basic design was based on experience gained in building Kaimon and Tenryū sloops, but was already somewhat obsolescent in comparison to contemporary European warships when completed. Katsuragi was laid down at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal 18 August 1883 under the direction of British-educated Japanese naval architect Sasō Sachū. She was launched on 31 March 1885 and commissioned on 4 November 1887.
