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Name Official number Flag IMO
ASAHI    JPN   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1900  13/03/1899  31/07/1900 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Battleship  Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  328 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 15200 disp 425 ft 6 in oa  75 ft 3 in    27 ft 3 in 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
2-shaft reciprocating VTE, 25 Belleville Boilers15,000ihp, 18 knots  

First owner First port of register Registration date
Imperial Japanese Navy     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Served in the Russo-Jaoanese War and was severely damaged by a floating mine
WWI gunnery training ship
1926-27 converted to a Submarine salvage ship and then placed in reserve
1938 Repair ship 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1942  Torpedoed 25/05/1942 
Disposal Detail
25/5/1942 sunk by USS SALMON off Cape Paderas, French Indo-China 
 

 

Asahi
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Asahi
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Asahi query as Salvage ship
Image courtesy of :  Old Ship Picture Galleries
 


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