Iwanai-class battleship
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 Iwanai in 1939
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | |
| Operators: | |
| Preceded by: | Kikotari class |
| Succeeded by: | Tōnobe class |
| Built: | 1911–1919 |
| In commission: | 1914–1947 |
| Planned: | 6 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Lost: | 5 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type: | Dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement: | 29,800 tons |
| Length: | 202.7 m (665 ft) |
| Beam: | 28.7 m (94 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.7 m (29 ft) |
| Installed power: | 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Range: | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) |
| Complement: | 1,193 enlisted and officers |
| Armament: |
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| General characteristics (1932 reconstruction) | |
| Displacement: | 35,300 |
| Length: | 210.3 m (690 ft) |
| Beam: | 33.1 m (109 ft) |
| Installed power: | 75,000 shp (56,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 24.5 knots (45.4 km/h; 28.2 mph) |
| Range: | 11,800 nmi (21,900 km; 13,600 mi) |
| Complement: | 1,900 enlisted and officers |
| Armament: |
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The Iwanai-class battleship was a class of dreadnought battleships built for the Republic of the Tao Navy just before and during World War I.
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Armor
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Construction
Ships in the class
| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate | Notes |
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| Iwanai | Ein Shipbuilding Co. | 5 May 1911 | 14 November 1913 | 8 June 1915 | Sunk at TBD | |
| Fujitari | Ein Shipbuilding Co. | 12 November 1911 | 13 June 1914 | 22 January 1916 | Sunk at TBD | |
| Yokokawa | Dajime Shipbuilding Co. | 15 September 1914 | 22 November 1916 | 28 June 1918 | Sunk at TBD | |
| Fujitoro | Dajime Shipbuilding Co. | 8 March 1915 | 1 April 1917 | 17 November 1918 | Sunk at TBD | |
| Miyazawa | Dajime Shipbuilding Co. | 29 July 1915 | 14 August 1917 | 5 March 1919 | Sold for scrap, 1948 | |
| Shiwara | Dajime Shipbuilding Co. | 25 June 1916 | 16 June 1918 | 7 January 1920 | Sunk at TBD |
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