Japanese warship Kasuga (1862)
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 Imperial China
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| Name: | Keangsoo |
| Builder: | J. Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK |
| Laid down: | 1862 |
| Launched: | March 5, 1863 |
| In service: | 1863-1864 |
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| Name: | Kasuga |
| Acquired: | January 1868 |
| Decommissioned: | 1894 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1902 |
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| Type: | Dispatch vessel |
| Displacement: | 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) |
| Length: | 241.5 feet (73.6 m) |
| Beam: | 29 feet (8.8 m) |
| Draught: | 9.25 feet (2.82 m) |
| Installed power: | 300 hp (220 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Oscillating cylinder steam engine |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
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Kasuga Maru (春日丸?) was a Japanese wooden paddle steamer warship of the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period, serving with the navy of Satsuma Domain, and later with the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy. She was originally named Keangsoo, and was a wooden dispatch vessel built for the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was constructed in 1862 by Whites at Cowes, she formed part of the Lay-Osborn Floatilla during the Taiping Rebellion.
Keangsoo was the largest of the vessels which made up the Lay-Osborn Floatilla. She was 241.5 feet (73.6 m) long overall, had a beam of 29 feet (8.8 m) and an average draft of 9.25 feet (2.82 m). She displaced 1,000 long tons (1,016 t). The propulsion system consisted of a 300-horsepower (220 kW) oscillating cylinder steam engine, built by Day & Co. of Southampton, equipped with four boilers; however during trials she was demonstrated at producing up to 2,279-horsepower (1,699 kW). Her engines produced an average cruising speed of 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph), while on two boilers she could operate at an average speed of 14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph).
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