Reisui-class cruiser

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Oyu in 1929
Class overview
Builders: Dajime Shipbuilding Co.
Operators:  Imperial Taoist Navy
Preceded by: Reisui class
Succeeded by: Ōarashi class
Built: 1921-1926
In commission: 1924-1947
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Lost: tbd
Scrapped: tbd
General characteristics
Type: Heavy cruiser
Displacement: 7,100
Length: 185 m (607 ft)
Beam: 16 m (52 ft)
Draught: 5.8 m (19 ft)
Installed power: 104,000 shp (78,000 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range: 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi)
Complement: 630 enlisted and officers
Armament:
Armor:
Aircraft carried: 2 x floatplanes
Aviation facilities: 1 catapults

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

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Construction

Ships in the class

Name Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate Notes
Reisui Dajime Shipbuilding Co. 9 October 1936 24 November 1937 2 December 1938 Sunk at TBD
Oyu Dajime Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Scrapped in 1947
Shinkai Dajime Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Sunk at TBD
Senkai Dajime Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Sunk at TBD