Tenryu-class cruiser

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Imperial Japanese Navy ship class light cruiser class warship class

The Tenryu-class cruiser was a small, fast light cruiser class of the Imperial Japanese Navy built in the World War I era, primarily designed for destroyer flotilla leadership and scouting duties.

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Label Occurrences
Tenryu-class cruiser canonical 2
Tenryū-class cruisers 1
light cruiser Sendai 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship class ⓘ
light cruiser class ⓘ
warship class ⓘ
armamentAA machine guns ⓘ
armamentMain 4 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns ⓘ
armamentTorpedo fixed torpedo tubes ⓘ
twin 533 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ
armourType light armor protection ⓘ
beam approximately 12.34 m ⓘ
builtForConflict World War I era service ⓘ
category World War I-era cruisers of Japan ⓘ
World War II cruisers of Japan ⓘ
constructionPeriod 1910s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Imperial Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement approximately 330 ⓘ
designCharacteristic emphasis on speed over armor ⓘ
flush-deck hull ⓘ
single funnel silhouette ⓘ
designedAs small fast light cruiser ⓘ
designedForRole destroyer flotilla leader ⓘ
scout cruiser ⓘ
displacementFullLoad approximately 4350 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard approximately 3230 tons ⓘ
draft approximately 4.34 m ⓘ
era World War I era ⓘ
followedBy Kuma-class cruiser ⓘ
hasPart Japanese cruiser Tenryu ⓘ
surface form: Japanese cruiser Tatsuta

Japanese cruiser Tenryu ⓘ
lengthOverall approximately 142.65 m ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 33 knots ⓘ
navalDoctrineRole destroyer squadron flagship ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
navy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
numberOfScrews 2 ⓘ
numberOfShipsBuilt 2 ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
powerOutput approximately 51000 shp ⓘ
precededBy Chikuma-class cruiser ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
range approximately 5000 nautical miles at 14 knots ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
usedAs destroyer flotilla leader ⓘ
scouting cruiser ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese cruiser Tenryu → shipClass → Tenryu-class cruiser ⓘ
Japanese cruiser Tenryu → leadShipOfClass → Tenryu-class cruiser ⓘ
Japanese 8th Fleet → notableShip → Tenryu-class cruiser ⓘ
this entity surface form: light cruiser Yubari
Japanese 8th Fleet → notableShip → Tenryu-class cruiser ⓘ
this entity surface form: light cruiser Sendai
Furutaka-class cruisers → precededBy → Tenryu-class cruiser ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenryū-class cruisers