Kongō Class Ironclad
Adds the historic Kongō-class ironclad to the fots campaign.
Practically speaking it’s a 12-gun Kanrin Maru with ironclad armor and HMS Warrior-class cannons.
Buildable from a Drydock
50% more armor than the iron-plated Kanrin Maru (roughly comparable to the Kōtetsu)
200% more hitpoints than the iron-plated Kanrin Maru
Armed with 12 large_cannon (Warrior-Class) with a range of 800
Morale: 18
Cost: 4000
Upkeep: 500
Seems to be save-game compatible.
(from wikipedia)
Built in the 1870’s by British shipyards working under contract for the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Kongō-class ironclads are modern, steam-propelled, screw-driven, ocean-going vessels, boasting strong iron hulls and Krupp-manufactured guns.
Kongō and her sister ship Hiei were ordered from Britain after the Japanese government became aware of Chinese interest in purchasing modern, British-built ships. Designed by Sir Edward Reed, formerly the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy, the Kongōs were equipped with a 2500 horsepower engine capable of 14 knots (26 km/h). The 2300 ton Kongōs could carry enough coal to steam 3100 nautical miles (5700 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h).
The Kongō-class was 67m long at the water line, with a 12.5m beam, and a 4.5 inch armored belt at the water line (similar to the HMS Warrior) and were fitted with Krupp-manufactured rifled breech-loading guns, three 172mm (6.8 in) chase guns and six 152mm (6.0 in) broadside guns. Two forward 172mm guns were pivot-mounted with a 122 degree traverse while one 172mm aft gun had a 125 degree traverse. The Kongōs also carried two short 75mm guns.
The armor-piercing shell of the 172mm gun weighed 132 pounds (59.9 kg) and had a muzzle velocity of 1,500 ft/s (460 m/s) and could penetrate as much as 10.3 inches (262 mm) of wrought iron armor out the muzzle.
Commissioned in 1878, Kongō and Hiei would serve the Imperial Japanese Navy for more than 30 years. Hiei would see intense action at the Battle of the Yalu River during the First Sino-Japanese War.
