Hayabusa-class torpedo boat

Class overview
Hayabusa in 1900 at Kobe
Name:	Hayabusa class
Operators:	Imperial Japanese Navy
Built:	1900–1904
In commission:	up to 1923
Completed:	16
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat
Displacement:	150 long tons (152 t)
Length:	45 m (147 ft 8 in)
Beam:	4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught:	1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	2-shaft reciprocating, 2 boilers, 4,200 ihp (3,100 kW)
Speed:	29 knots (33 mph; 54 km/h)
Complement:	30
Armament:	1 × 57 mm (2.2 in) gun 2 × 42 mm (1.7 in) guns 3 × 360 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes

The Hayabusa-class torpedo boats were a class of torpedo boats constructed for the Imperial Japanese Navy as part of the ten-year naval expansion program. They were completed between 1900 and 1904.

All of the vessels served in the Russo-Japanese war, Kiji being mined off Port Arthur, though a new Kiji was built as a replacement. They were notable for their attacks on the Russian fleet on the night of 27/28 May 1905 during the Battle of Tsushima, expending a large number of torpedoes. They were able to inflict significant damage on a number of Russian ships, that were scuttled or sunk the next day.

After serving in World War I, all remaining fifteen vessels were decommissioned between 1919 and 1923, some were scrapped, others turned into auxiliaries.

Ships

France Normand Shipyard

Hayabusa
Kasasagi
Manazuru
Chidori

Kure Arsenal

Kari
Aotoka
Hato
Tsubame
Hibari
Kiji (Mined off Port Arthur)
Kiji II (built as replacement)
Sagi
Uzura
Kamome

Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe

Hashitaka
Otori

References

Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.

Imperial Japanese Navy

Admirals Aircraft Battles Fleets Ships Weapons

Japanese naval ship classes of the Russo-Japanese War

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Fuji Shikishima Asahi ^S Mikasa ^S

Armored cruisers	Asama Izumo Yakumo ^S Azuma ^S Kasuga

Protected cruisers	Izumi ^S Naniwa Chiyoda ^S Matsushima Akitsushima ^S Yoshino ^S Suma Takasago ^S Kasagi Niitaka Otowa ^S

Unprotected cruisers	Tsukushi Takao ^S Yaeyama ^S Tatsuta ^S Miyako ^S Chihaya ^S

Destroyers	Ikazuchi Murakumo Akatsuki Shirakumo Harusame Kamikaze

Torpedo boats	Kotaka ^S Hayabusa

Gunboats	Banjō ^S Maya Ōshima ^S Epsilon Iota Uji ^S Heien ^S

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war

Japanese naval ship classes of World War I

Dreadnought battleships	Kawachi Fusō Ise Nagato^C

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Fuji Shikishima Asahi^S Mikasa^S Katori Satsuma

Battlecruisers	Tsukuba Ibuki Kongō

Armored cruisers	Asama Izumo Yakumo^S Azuma^S Kasuga

Protected cruisers	Naniwa Chiyoda^S Matsushima Akitsushima^S Suma Kasagi Niitaka Otowa^S Tone^S Yodo Chikuma

Unprotected cruisers	Tatsuta^S Chihaya^S

Destroyers	Ikazuchi Murakumo Shirakumo Harusame Kamikaze Umikaze Sakura Urakaze Kaba Isokaze Momo Enoki Kawakaze Momi^C Minekaze^C

Torpedo Boats	Hayabusa

Submarines	Kaichū Type L

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war

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