Tenryu-Class
Smallest Cruisers - Tenryu-class were Japan's first modern light cruisers. 2 ships built 1919. Smallest cruisers in IJN (3,230 tons). Four 5.5-inch guns + six 21-inch torpedoes. Oldest cruisers in WWII combat (built 1919, fought 1941-1944). Both sunk by submarines - Tenryu December 1942, Tatsuta March 1944.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 3948 t
- Displacement (full)
- 4350 t
- Length
- 468.8 ft
- Beam
- 40.4 ft
- Crew
- 332
- Ships built
- 2
- Commissioned
- 1919
- Decommissioned
- None (both sunk in action)
Performance
- Top speed
- 33 kn
- Range
- 5000 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 4× 140mm/50 Type 3 (5.5-inch) - four single mounts
- Secondary guns
- 1× 76mm/40 Type 3 AA
- Torpedoes
- 6× 533mm (21-inch) - two triple launchers
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 2.5 inches (63mm)
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 41.49
- Research cost
- 8,215
- Credit cost
- 29,043
Notable
- First modern Japanese light cruisers (post-WWI)
- Smallest cruisers in IJN service WWII
- Both sunk by submarines
- Oldest cruisers in combat service WWII