Settsu (Kawachi Class)


Settsu : Click for full picture


Laid down 18th January 1909
Launched 30th March 1911
Completed N/A
Commissioned 1st July 1912
Fate Sunk:
24th July 1945 at Kure
Scrapped:
1947 at Harima
Builders Kure Navy Yard, Kure
Japan
Complement 986
Dimensions
Displacement 21442 tons std
Dimensions 526' x 84' 3"
Draught 28'
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

Settsu was disarmed in 1922 according to the Washington Treaty. In 1924 she was converted into a radio controlled target ship with increased armour to absorb hits from 8" shells and 30kg practice bombs.

Last altered : 15th June 1999

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