Japanese Gunboats

Vessel	Dimensions	Displacement	Machinery	Speed	Armament	Crew
SUMA (Ex-HMS MOTH)	237' x 36' x 4'	625-tons	Reciprocating VTE steam engines, 2 shafts.	14 knots	two 6-inch/40, two 12-lb guns and six Maxim mgs	54-65

Ex-British 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
SUMA
(Ex-HMS
MOTH)
237' x 36' x
4' 625-tons Reciprocating VTE steam engines, 2 shafts. 14 knots two 6-inch/40, two 12-lb guns and six Maxim mgs 54-65