Japanese corvette Musashi
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 Musashi circa 1897 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Musashi |
| Ordered | 1883 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan |
| Laid down | 1 October 1884 |
| Launched | 30 March 1886 |
| Commissioned | 9 February 1887 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1928 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1935 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Katsuragi-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,476 long tons (1,500 t) |
| 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 |
| Speed | 13 knots (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
| Capacity | 132 t (146 short tons) coal |
| Complement | 231 |
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Musashi (武蔵) was the third and final vessel in the Katsuragi class of composite hulled, sail-and-steam corvettes of the early Imperial Japanese Navy. It was named for Musashi province, a former province of Japan located in the Kantō region. The name was used again for the more famous World War II battleship Musashi.
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.
Musashi was laid down at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 1 October 1884 under the direction of British-educated Japanese naval architect Sasō Sachū. She was launched on 30 March 1886 and commissioned on 9 February 1887. He first captain was Lieutenant Commander Arima Shin'ichi.
