Murakumo-class destroyer
Murakumo-class destroyer Kagerō at Kure, 1920
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Murakumo class |
| Builders: | John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick, England |
| Operators: |
 Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Preceded by: | Ikazuchi class |
| Succeeded by: | Akatsuki class |
| In commission: | December 1898 - June 1925 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
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| Beam: | 5.96 m (19.6 ft) |
| Draught: | 1.7 m (5.6 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft reciprocating, 3 boilers, 5,800 ihp (4,300 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 50 |
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The Murakumo-class destroyers (叢雲型駆逐艦 Murakumogata kuchikukan?) were a class of six torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The class is also sometimes referred to as the Shinonome-class destroyers (東雲駆逐艦 Shinonomegata kuchikukan?).
In the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese navy came to understand the combat effectiveness of small, fast torpedo equipped warships over larger, slower ships equipped with slow-loading and often inaccurate naval artillery. The Murakumo-class vessels were the second class of destroyers procured by the Imperial Japanese Navy, but were purchased almost simultaneously with the Ikazuchi class. Four ships were ordered under the 1896 fiscal year budget, and an additional two under the 1897 budget. All were ordered from John I. Thornycroft & Company in Chiswick, England.
The design of the Murakumo-class destroyers was based on Thorneycroft's two-stack destroyers for the Royal Navy (from 1913 known as the D class) also known as the “Thirty Knotters”. Although slightly smaller than the Ikazuchi class, they had the same armaments.
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