Taoist battleship Tōnobe

Tōnobe in the Taoist Sea in 1922
Class overview
Builders:	Yakunai Naval Arsenal
Operators:	Republic of the Tao Navy Imperial Taoist Navy
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:	31,760 tons
Length:	208.18 m (683.0 ft)
Beam:	28.65 m (94.0 ft)
Draught:	8.93 m (29.3 ft)
Installed power:	42,500 bhp (31,700 kW)
Propulsion:	2 x Yakunai Naval Arsenal steam turbine sets 24 x Yakunai Naval Arsenal water-tube boilers
Speed:	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range:	9,680 nmi (17,930 km; 11,140 mi)
Complement:	1,360 enlisted and officers
Armament:	12 × 356 mm (14 in) guns (6x2) 20 × 140 mm (5.5 in) guns (20x1) 8 × 76.2 mm (3 in) dual-purpose guns (4x2) 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2x3)
General characteristics (1934 reconstruction)
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:	4 x Yakunai Naval Arsenal steam turbines 8 x Yakunai Naval Arsenal water-tube boilers
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 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