Japanese gunboat Maya
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Maya.
Maya (摩耶) was an iron-hulled, steam gunboat, serving in the early Imperial Japanese Navy.[1] She was the lead vessel in the four vessel Maya class, and was named after Mount Maya in Kobe.
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Japanese gunboat Maya off Kure in 1892 | |
History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Maya |
Ordered | 1883 |
Builder | Onohama Shipyards |
Laid down | 1 June 1885 |
Launched | 18 August 1886 |
Commissioned | 10 January 1888 |
Decommissioned | 16 May 1908 |
Stricken | 1 December 1911 |
Fate | Scrapped 1932 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Maya-class gunboat |
Displacement | 614 long tons (624 t) |
Length | 47.0 m (154.2 ft) |
Beam | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h) |
Range | 60 tons coal |
Complement | 104 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Operations: | Siege of Port Arthur |
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