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Ikazuchi-class destroyer
 Ikazuchi-class destroyer Sazanami at Yokosuka
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Ikazuchi class |
| Builders | Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London |
| Operators |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Murakumo class |
| In commission | February 1899 – August 1921 |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 6.2 m (20 ft) |
| Draught | 1.57 m (5.2 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft reciprocating, 4 Yarrow boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW) |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement | 55 |
| Armament |
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The Ikazuchi-class destroyers (雷型駆逐艦, Ikazuchi-gata kuchikukan) was a class of six torpedo boat destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which were built in Britain in 1897-99. All were named after celestial phenomena.[1]
- ^ Jentsura, Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945
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