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Shimakaze (島風, Island Wind) was an experimental destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and intended as the lead ship in a projected new "Type C" of destroyers. She was the only destroyer to be armed with 15 torpedo tubes , each capable of firing the deadly 610 mm (24 in) Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedo .
HMCS Ottawa, JS Chōkai, and Shimakaze participated in a bilateral exercise between the Royal Canadian Navy and the JMSDF on 16 October 2019. [3] On 30 March 2020, Shimakaze was damaged in a collision with a Chinese fishing vessel in the East China Sea. [4] [5] Shimakaze was converted to a training ship and redesignated as TV-3521 on 19 March ...
Three warships of Japan have borne the name Shimakaze (島風, "island wind"): Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1920), a Minekaze-class destroyer launched in 1920, renamed Patrol Boat No.1 in 1940 and sunk in 1943. Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942), a one-off World War II period super-destroyer launched in 1942 and sunk in 1944
The Super Shimakaze-class destroyers (超島風型駆逐艦, Chō-Shimakaze gata kuchiku-kan) were a projected class of destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), developed during the Second World War. The intention was to develop a mass-production destroyer based on the experimental destroyer Shimakaze.
Ships of the class were active in several Japanese sea-borne landings in Malaya, ... The class, of which Shimakaze was the prototype, was not ordered. She was sunk in ...
The traits of each fleet girl are based on aspects of the historical ship they are based on; for instance, Japanese battleship Kongō frequently adds English words and phrases into her dialog as a reference to her British origins, whilst Japanese destroyer Shimakaze is depicted as a speedy girl in artworks and official print media, since ...
Class or Ship Displace-ment Main Battery Secondary Battery Torpedo Tubes Comple-ment Speed Ships in Class Ship Keel Laid Completed Fate ex-Chinese prize of First Sino-Japanese War Jiyuan: 2,300 tons 2 × 8.2-in. 1 × 5.9-in. 4 180 15 kn Saien: Jan 1883 Mar 1895 Mine, Nov 1904 Chilean corvette Esmeralda sold to Japan 2,950 tons 2 × 10-in.
While the ship's top speed of 35.5 knots remained unaffected, she possessed a remarkably superior fuel economy to her sister ships, and thus scored a longer range. This engine design was used as a basis for the Japanese "super destroyer" Shimakaze. [6]