Iwanai-class battleship

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Iwanai in 1939
Class overview
Builders:
Operators:
Preceded by: Kikotari class
Succeeded by: Tōnobe class
Built: 1911–1919
In commission: 1914–1946
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:
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:
  • 12 × 356 mm (14 in) guns (6x2)
  • 14 × 152 mm (6 in) guns (14x1)
  • 8 × 127 mm (6 in) Dual-purpose guns (4x2)
  • 95 × 25 mm (1 in) AA guns (2x3)

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.