Sea Weapons

Light Cruiser (1919)

Tenryu class

Preceded by:

None

Succeeded by:

None

Datafile

ClassTenryu
TypeLight Cruiser
Year1919
Crew327
Dimensions
Length134.1 m (pp)
142.9 m
Beam12.3 m
Draught4 m
Displacement
Empty3,948 t
Loaded4,350 t
Performance
Speed61 km/h
Range9,260 km @ 26 km/h
Machinery
Shafts3
Turbines3 x Geared steam
51,000 hp
Brown-Curtis
Boilers10 x Kampon
FuelOil: 920 t
Armament
Main4 x 140-mm/50 (4 x 1)
14cm/50 Type 3
-7° / +20°

Anti-Aircraft1 x 76-mm (1 x 1)
8cm/40 Type 3
2 x 7-mm (2 x 1)
6.5cm/115 Type 3 [<1937]
2 x 13-mm (2 x 1)
13mm/76 Type 93 [1937-40]
8 x 25-mm (4 x 2)
25mm/60 Type 96 [1942]
10 x 25-mm (5 x 2)
25mm/60 Type 96 [1943]
Torpedo tubes2x3 x (21-in)
Broadside152 kg
Armor
Belt51 - 64 mm
Deck25 mm
Gun turret20 mm
Conning tower25 - 51 mm
Sensors
RadarType 21
Type 22
Production
Built2
Total2

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Tenryu Yokosuka K K17/05/191711/03/191820/11/191918/12/1942 Loss by submarine
Tatsuta Sasebo K K24/07/191729/05/191831/03/191913/03/1944 Loss by submarine