Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya
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For the Japanese city, see Wakamiya, Fukuoka.
For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Wakamiya.
For other uses, see Wakamiya.
Wakamiya (Japanese: 若宮丸, later 若宮艦) was a seaplane carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the first Japanese aircraft carrier. She was converted from a transport ship into a seaplane carrier and commissioned in August 1914. She was equipped with four Japanese-built French Maurice Farman seaplanes (powered by Renault 70 hp (52 kW) engines). In September 1914, she conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids.
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Name | Lethington |
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Builder | Robert Duncan and company, Port Glasgow |
Launched | 21 September 1900 |
Completed | October 1901 |
Notes | chartered by Russia during Russo-Japanese War; Captured by Japan on 12 January 1905 |
Fate | Scrapped |
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Name | Wakamiya |
Acquired | 1913 |
Commissioned | 17 August 1914 |
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Stricken | 1 April 1931 |
Fate | Sold to Eizo Aoki on 26 November 1931, scrapped in 1932 |
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Type | Seaplane carrier |
Displacement | 7,720 long tons (7,844 t) |
Length | 111.25 m (365 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion | VTE engines, 3 boilers, 1 shaft, 1,590 ihp (1,190 kW) |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 234 |
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Aircraft carried | 4 × Farman MF.11 seaplanes |
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