Taoist battleship Tōnobe

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Tōnobe in the Taoist Sea in 1922
Class overview
Builders: Yakunai Naval Arsenal
Operators:
Preceded by: Iwanai-class
Succeeded by: Sōsato-class
Built: 1915-1917
In commission: 1918-1946
Planned: 1
Completed: 1
History
Republic of the Tao
Name: Tōnobe
Namesake: Tōnobe river
Ordered: 1 January 1915
Laid down: 16 August 1915
Launched: 3 May 1917
Commissioned: 23 October 1918
Fate: Claimed by the Empire of the Tao, 1927
Empire of the Tao
Name: Tōnobe
Acquired: 23 April 1927
Commissioned: 23 April 1927
Decommissioned: 1 November 1947
Fate: Taken as war prize by the Englean Kaiserreich
Englean Kaiserreich
Name: Tōnobe
Acquired: 23 November 1947
Fate: TBD
General characteristics (as built)
Type: Dreadnought battleship
Displacement: 42,675 tons
Length: 216 m (709 ft)
Beam: 31.75 m (104.2 ft)
Draught: 9.45 m (31.0 ft)
Installed power: 80,000 bhp (60,000 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range: 7,870 nmi (14,580 km; 9,060 mi)
Complement: 1,376 enlisted and officers
Armament:
  • 12 × 356 mm (14 in) guns (6x2)
  • 16 × 140 mm (5.5 in) guns (16x1)
  • 8 × 127 mm (5 in) dual-purpose guns (4x2)
  • 20 × 25 mm (1 in) AA guns (10x2)
Aircraft carried: Up to 3
Aviation facilities: 1 aircraft catapult