Japanese Gunboats

Vessel	Dimensions	Displacement	Machinery	Speed	Armament	Crew
NANKAI (Ex-Hr.Ms. REGULUS)	289' x 41.5' x 13.75'	2,200-tons	2 geared diesel engines, 2 shafts.	18 knots	4 x 4.7-in./45, 8 x 25mm AA, 80 mines, DCs	120

Ex-Dutch Vessel in IJN Service as a Gunboat

(Gunboat IJN HOZU by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of Japanese Warships")

© 2007 Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall

Vessel Dimensions Displacement Machinery Speed Armament Crew
NANKAI
(Ex-Hr.Ms.
REGULUS)
289' x 41.5' x 13.75'
2,200-tons 2 geared diesel engines, 2 shafts. 18 knots 4 x 4.7-in./45, 8 x 25mm AA, 80 mines, DCs 120