Shinonome (ship, 1898)

Murakumo class
Cracks of the Shinonomes
Overview
Type	destroyer
units	6th
Shipyard	Thornycroft & Co. , Chiswick ,
Keel laying	October 1, 1897
Launch	December 14, 1898
delivery	February 1, 1899
Whereabouts	July 23, 1913 total loss after being stranded
Technical specifications
displacement	275 tn normal 361 tn maximum
length	67.7 m (222 ft) overall 63.2 m (207 ft) pp
width	5.9 m (19.5 ft)
Draft	1.7 m (5.5 ft)
crew	50 men
drive	3 water tube boilers 2 triple expansion machines , 5800  ihp (PSi) , 2 shafts
speed	30  kn
Armament	1 × 76 mm / L40-12pdr-12 cwt cannon 5 × 57 mm / L40-6pdr cannons 2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
Sister boats	Murakumo , Yugiri , Shiranui , Kagero , Usugumo
similar	Shirakumo , Asahio

The Shinonome ( Japanese : 東 雲) was a Murakumo- class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy . She was the only boat in the class that was lost during her service when she ran aground during a typhoon off Formosa in 1913.

Development and construction history

The Japanese Murakumo class destroyers were a further development of the two-chimney torpedo boat destroyer of the “30 knotter” class developed by Thornycroft & Co. , of which the shipyard delivered ten boats to the Royal Navy between February 1897 and September 1900. In 1912, when the British destroyer classes were named after letters, these formed the D-class .

Destroyer of Ikazuki class

At the same time as the Murakumo destroyers purchased from the budget year 1896 , six more (four- funnel ) destroyers of the Ikazuki class were built by the Yarrow shipyard in Poplar for the Japanese fleet.

The destroyer Shinonome was built from October 1897 by Thornycroft shipyard in Chiswick , Great Britain , as the second boat of the class. The launch took place on December 14 of the following year.

Mission history

After the subsequent completion, the Shinonome began its service as a torpedo boat destroyer on February 1, 1899, but was reclassified as a destroyer on June 22, 1900.

The Stereguschy

At the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War , the Shinonome belonged to the 3rd Destroyer Division of the Japanese 1st Fleet off Port Arthur with the sister boat Usugumo and the four-chimney Sazanami of the Ikazuchi class. On March 10, 1904, Shinonome , Usugumo and two other destroyers managed to cut off the Russian torpedo boats Stereguschy and Reschitelnyi of the Sokol class on a reconnaissance voyage from Port Arthur. The newly appointed squadron chief Makarow immediately went to sea on the small cruiser Nowik to help the attacked torpedo boats. With the later arrival of the armored cruiser Bajan , a towing of the sinking Stereguschy by the Japanese could be prevented and the escape of the Reschitelnyi was made possible despite intervening Japanese cruisers. This first successful mission by the new squadron chief boosted the Russian squadron's morale. The Akebono , built near Yarrow, was severely damaged by the Japanese destroyers .
As part of the 3rd Destroyer Division, the Shinonome also took part in the Battle of the Yellow Sea with Usugumo and Sazanami . Increased by the Kasumi , the unit then supported the 2nd armored cruiser squadron in the naval battle of Tsushima .

In May 1909 the destroyers Murakumo and Shinonome were badly damaged in a typhoon in the port and the Shinonome sank. It was lifted again and repaired at the Yokosuka naval shipyard. The Murakumo -class boats were reclassified to third-class destroyers in August 1912 and were no longer part of the 1st line forces. The Shinonome sank off the coast of Taiwan on July 23, 1913 in an accident in which she ran aground during a typhoon .

Fate of the sister boats

The five existing Murakumo- class boats were reactivated at the beginning of the First World War and were used during the siege of Tsingtau and the operations to occupy the German protected areas in the South Pacific .

After the end of the war, Murakumo and Yugiri were disarmed and used as depot ships from 1919 to 1920. In 1920 they were converted into auxiliary minesweepers . Shiranui , Kagero and Usugumo were similarly converted in 1923. By the end of 1925, all five boats were decommissioned and finally canceled.

Kanji	Surname	Keel laying	Launch	completion	fate
叢 雲	Murakumo	1.10.1897	11/16/1898	12/29/1898	April 1919 depot ship, July 1, 1920 minesweeper; 1922 Guard boat, sunk June 4, 1925
東 雲	Shinonome	1.10.1897	12/14/1898	1.2.1899	Accumulated outside Taiwan on July 23, 1913; Amortized August 6
夕 霧	Yugiri	1.11.1897	January 26, 1899	3/10/1899	April 1919 depot ship, July 1920 minesweeper; Decommissioned April 1, 1922
不知 火	Shiranui	1.1.1898	15.3.1899	May 13, 1899	April 1922 minesweeper, August 1923 guard ship, 25 February 1923 out of service
陽 炎	Kagero	1.8.1898	October 23, 1899	10/31/1899	April 1922 Guard ship, 25 February 1925 out of service
薄雲	Usugumo	September 9, 1898	January 16, 1900	1.2.1900	April 1922 minesweeper, August 1923 guard ship, sunk April 29, 1925

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1. ↑ List of ships at: nihonkaigun.modellmarine.de ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Murakumo Class Destroyers Class Overview at: www.maritimequest.com