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Murasame

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
朝霧 [Asagiri]			Yokosuka K K	4.1902	15.4.1903	9/1903	minesweeper 4.1922, stricken 4.1923
春雨 [Harusame]			Yokosuka K K	2.1902	31.10.1902	6.1903	wrecked 24.11.1911
速鳥 [Hayatori]			Yokosuka K K	4/1902	12.3.1903	8.1903	sunk 3.9.1904
村雨 [Murasame]			Yokosuka K K	3.1902	29.11.1902	7.1903	minesweeper 4.1922, stricken 4.1923
有明 [Ariake]			Kure K K	6.1904	17.12.1904	3/1905	stricken 4.1925
霰 [Arare]			Kure K K	10.1904	5.4.1905	5/1905	stricken 4.1924
吹雪 [Fubuki]			Kure K K	9.1904	21.1.1905	2/1905	stricken 4.1924

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	375
Displacement full, t	435
Length, m	71.4 oa 69.2 pp
Breadth, m	6.57
Draught, m	1.83
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 Kampon boilers
Power, h. p.	6000
Max speed, kts	29
Fuel, t	coal 100
Endurance, nm(kts)	1200(10)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 4 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	55

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Project history

First Japanese-built destroyers, built under the 1896-97 Post-war Programme to Thornycroft preliminary design. The design was developed on base of Shirakumo, the basic differences consisted in installation of new Kampon type boilers, that, in turn, has led to necessity to increase a hull beam. Besides, Japanese have sacrificed speed in favour of hull strength.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Harusame was badly damaged 27.5.1905 at Tsushima by Russian gunfire, repaired, lost 24.11.1911 during a storm in Sea of Japan (45 dead). Hayatori was sunk 3.9.1904 on Russian mine 2nm off Lun Wan Tan (Port Arthur).