Japanese gunboat Toba
Toba in 1935
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| Name: | Toba |
| Ordered: | 1910 Fiscal Year |
| Builder: | Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan |
| Laid down: | 7 July 1911 |
| Launched: | 7 November 1911 |
| Commissioned: | 17 November 1911 |
| Fate: | 1945 to China |
 Taiwan
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| Name: | Yong Ji & Haoxue |
| Commissioned: | 17 April 1948 |
| Fate: | captured by PRC in Chinese Civil War |
 China
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| Name: | Xiang Jiang |
| Acquired: | 29 November 1949 |
| Fate: | scrapped in 1960s |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | River gunboat |
| Displacement: | 250 long tons (254 t) initial |
| Length: | 54.86 metres (180.0 ft) |
| Beam: | 8.23 metres (27.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 0.79 metres (2.6 ft). |
| Propulsion: | 3-shaft reciprocating VTE engines; 2 boilers; 1,400 hp (1,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 59 |
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Toba (鳥羽?) was a river gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, part of the 11th Gunboat Sentai, that operated on the Yangtze River in China during the 1930s, and during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
Toba was intended as a replacement for the British-built river gunboats Sumida and Fushimi for operations on the inland waterways of China under the 1910 fiscal year budget. . Toba was laid down at Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 7 July 1911, launched on 7 November 1911 and entered service on 17 November 1911.
The basic design of Toba was modeled after her British built predecessors, but with slightly larger dimensions and much more powerful engines. Toba had a hull with an overall length of 54.86 metres (180.0 ft) and width of 8.23 metres (27.0 ft), with a normal displacement of 250 tons and draft of 0.79 metres (2.6 ft). She was propelled by two reciprocating engines with two Kampon boilers driving three shafts, producing 1,400 hp (1,000 kW) and had a top speed of 15 knots.
The ship was initially armed with two 80 mm (3.1 in)/28 cal. guns and six 6.6mm machine guns.
The Xinhai Revolution in China occurred during 1911, and Toba was dispatched to mainland China immediately on completion, together with the cruiser Kasagi and assigned to the China Area Fleet. As Toba was incapable of open ocean sailing, she was transported in a floating dry dock to Shanghai. She was assigned to patrols of the Yangtze River from Shanghai to the Three Gorges, for commerce protection and as a show of force in protection of Japanese nationals and economic interests.
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