JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIPS
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:16 pm
Name:
Muroto class collier
Builders:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators:
Imperial Japanese Navy
Built:
1918 – 1919
In commission:
1918 – 1944
Planned:
2
Completed:
2
Lost:
2
General characteristics
Type:
Collier
Displacement:
8,215 long tons (8,347 t) standard
8,750 long tons (8,890 t) stading
Length:
105.16 m (345 ft 0 in) Lpp
Beam:
15.24 m (50 ft 0 in)
Draught:
7.06 m (23 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:
1 × three expansion stages reciprocating engine
2 × scotch boilers
single shaft, 2,500 shp
1930
3 × Miyahara model water tube boilers
Speed:
12.5 knots (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h)
Capacity:
6,000 tons coal
Complement:
124
Armament:
1918
• 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/45 naval guns
Muroto class collier
Builders:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators:
Imperial Japanese Navy
Built:
1918 – 1919
In commission:
1918 – 1944
Planned:
2
Completed:
2
Lost:
2
General characteristics
Type:
Collier
Displacement:
8,215 long tons (8,347 t) standard
8,750 long tons (8,890 t) stading
Length:
105.16 m (345 ft 0 in) Lpp
Beam:
15.24 m (50 ft 0 in)
Draught:
7.06 m (23 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:
1 × three expansion stages reciprocating engine
2 × scotch boilers
single shaft, 2,500 shp
1930
3 × Miyahara model water tube boilers
Speed:
12.5 knots (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h)
Capacity:
6,000 tons coal
Complement:
124
Armament:
1918
• 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/45 naval guns




