Tsubame-class minelayer
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The Tsubame-class minelayer (燕型敷設艇,, Tsubame-gata Fusetsutei) was a class of minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during and after 1929 through World War II.
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Tsubame in April 1929 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Tsubame class |
Builders | |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | Sokuten class |
Succeeded by | Natsushima class |
Built | 1928–1929 |
In commission | 1929–1945 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Lost | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Netlayer/Minelayer |
Displacement | 450 long tons (457 t) standard |
Length | 68.80 m (225 ft 9 in) overall |
Beam | 7.20 m (23 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19.0 knots (35.2 km/h; 21.9 mph) |
Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 43 |
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