Japanese corvette Musashi

Japanese corvette Musashi

sloops, but was already somewhat obsolescent in comparison to contemporary European warships when completed.

"Musashi" saw service in the First Sino-Japanese War, patrolling between Korea, Dairen and Weihaiwei, from its base at the Korean port of Chemulpo. It was assigned to the Western Fleet.

After the war, "Musashi" was designated a third-class gunboat, and was used for coastal survey and patrol duties.

During the Russo-Japanese War, "Musashi" served as a guard ship in Hakodate harbor. It was reclassified as a second class coastal patrol vessel after the war, but was used primarily for training duties. It was reclassified as a survey ship in 1922, and retired on 1 April 1928. It was broken up for scrap in 1935.

References

*Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik (editors), "All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905", Conway Maritime Press, 1979 reprinted 2002, ISBN 0-85177-133-5
*Jentsura, Hansgeorg. "Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945". Naval Institute Press (1976). ISBN 087021893X

External links

*cite web
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