" Unaby " (畝 傍) - armored cruiser of the Japanese Imperial Navy . Designed and built in France , at the Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde shipyards. It is named after Mount Unaby, 199.2 meters high in Nara Prefecture , near the ancient capital of Japan, Asuka .
| Unaby | |
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| 畝 傍 | |
 Unaby | |
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| Named after | |
| Class and type of vessel | armored cruiser |
| Manufacturer | Forge et Chantier ( Le Havre , France ) |
| Ordered to build | 1883 |
| Construction started | May 17, 1884 |
| Launched | April 16, 1884 |
| Commissioned | December 1886 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | October 19, 1887 |
| Status | shipwrecked (missing) in December 1886 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3672 t |
| Length | 98.0 m |
| Width | 13.1 m |
| Draft | 5.72 m |
| Reservation | deck: 62 mm; top belt: 125 mm; barbets, casemates, cabin: 150 mm. |
| Engines | 2 horizontal reciprocating steam engines of the Compound type 9 boilers |
| Power | 6000 h.p. |
| Mover | 2 |
| Speed | 18.5 knots maximum |
| Crew | 280-400 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 4 × 1 240 mm / 32 7 × 1 150 mm / 26 2 × 1 57 mm / 40 10 quadruple 25.4 mm mitralles of Nordenfeld 4 mitrallises of Gatling |
| Mine torpedo armament | 4 × 1 356 mm TA |
Content
Description
The French-built armored cruiser, comparable to the Naniva type cruisers, but unlike them, has sailing weapons.
Service History
After admission to the combat fleet, the cruiser, under the command of Japanese officers with the French distillation team, began the transition to Japan [1] . On December 3, 1886, Unaby left Singapore and disappeared without a trace in the South China Sea . The bodies of the dead and debris were not found, which led to the emergence of a large number of hypotheses and speculations about the causes of the death of the ship. The main version is death in the typhoon due to poor stability .
"Unaby" was removed from the lists of the fleet on October 19, 1887, members of his crew were declared dead. This is the only case of a complete disappearance in the history of the Japanese fleet. After the death of Unaby, the order for the construction of a second cruiser of this type was canceled, the French shipyard was forced to pay compensation. With this money in Scotland, at the shipyard “ J & G Thomson ” an armored cruiser “Chioda” was ordered. Starting to build the Chiyoda cruiser, J & G Thomson changed its name to J. & G. Thomson Ltd. ” - possibly due to the case of Unaby.
A monument to sailors who died at the Unaby was erected at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo .
Gallery
Unaby in the picture
On the way, soon after leaving Le Havre
In Le Havre, 1886
Notes
- ↑ 8 Japanese officers and 76 French [1]
Literature
- Nenakhov Yu. Yu. Encyclopedia of the Cruisers 1860-1910. - M .: Publishing house AST; Mn .: Harvest Publishing House, 2006, 464 p. ISBN 5-17-030194-4 (AST); ISBN 985-13-4080-4 (Harvest)
- Katorin Yu.F. Cruisers. Part 1. - St. Petersburg, Gallery-Print, 2008, 128 p. ISBN 978-5-8172-0126-0
- Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 / E. Gardiner, R. Chesnau, EM Kolesnik. - London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979.- 448 p. - ISBN 0-85177-133-5 .