Kawachi (Kawachi Class)


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Laid down 1st April 1909
Launched 15th October 1910
Completed N/A
Commissioned 31st March 1912
Fate Sunk:
12th July 1918 in Tokuyama Bay
Builders Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka
Japan
Complement 999
Dimensions
Displacement 20823 tons std
Dimensions 526' x 84' 3"
Draught 27'
Armament
Main guns 12 x 12" (6 x 2)
Secondary guns 10 x 6" (10 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 5 x 18"
Other weapons 8 x 4.7"
12 x 3"
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 4" - 12"
Deck: 1.2"
Barbettes: 4" - 12"
C.T.: 10"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 16 x boilers
2 x Curtis steam turbines
Power output 20000shp
Speed 20kts
Shafts 2
Range 2700NM @ 10kts
Fuel N/A

Kawachi was sunk by a magazine explosion with the loss of some 700 crew. She was later raised and scrapped.

Last altered : 15th June 1999

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