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Japanese corvette Amagi
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Amagi.
Amagi (天城, Heavenly Castle) was a screw sloop in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, and was the third vessel built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal after its acquisition by the Meiji government. When built, Amagi was the largest warship yet produced domestically in Japan. Amagi was named after the Mount Amagi, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
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Name | Amagi |
Ordered | 1875 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan |
Laid down | 9 September 1875 |
Launched | 13 March 1877 |
Commissioned | 4 April 1878 |
Stricken | 14 June 1905 |
Fate | Sold 24 November 1908 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Sloop |
Displacement | 926 long tons (941 t) |
Length | 62.17 m (204 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 10.89 m (35 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 4.63 m (15 ft 2 in) |
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Sail plan | bark-rigged sloop |
Speed | 11.5 knots (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) |
Range | 150 tons coal |
Complement | 159 |
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