Teke-class cruiser

	Teke in 1942
Class overview
Builders:	Ein Shipbuilding Co.
Operators:	Imperial Taoist Navy
Preceded by:	Rikō class
Succeeded by:	none
Built:	1936-1939
In commission:	1938-1944
Planned:	2
Completed:	2
Lost:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Heavy cruiser
Displacement:	11,213
Length:	189.1 m (620 ft)
Beam:	19.4 m (64 ft)
Draught:	6.2 m (20 ft)
Installed power:	152,000 shp (113,000 kW)
Propulsion:	4 x Dajime Imperial Industries steam turbines; 8 boilers;
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range:	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi)
Complement:	850 enlisted and officers
Armament:	8 × 203 mm (8 in) guns (4×2); 8 × 127 mm (5 in) dual-purpose guns (4×2); 12 × 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns (6×2); 12 × 610 mm (24 in) Torpedo tubes (4×3);
Armor:	130 mm (5.1 in) (magazine); 100 mm (3.9 in) (belt); 65-25 mm (2.6-1 in) (deck);
Aircraft carried:	6 x floatplanes
Aviation facilities:	2 catapults

The Teke-class cruiser was a class of heavy cruisers build for the Imperial Taoist Navy (ITN) in the years building up to and during World War II.

Design

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate	Notes
Teke	Ein Shipbuilding Co.	9 October 1936	24 November 1937	2 December 1938	Sunk at TBD
Zeke	Ein Shipbuilding Co.	12 December 1938	12 December 1939	4 February 1941	Sunk at TBD