Seta-class gunboat

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Gunboat Seta on the Yantze River 1935.
Class overview
Name	Seta
Builders	Mitsubishi, Kobe Harima Shipbuilding
General characteristics
Displacement	338 long tons (343 t) standard, 400 long tons (410 t) tons full load
Length	56.1 m (184 ft 1 in)
Beam	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft	1.0 m (3 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2,100 hp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16 knots
Range	1,750 nmi @ 10 knots (3,240 km at 19 km/h)
Complement	62
Armament	2 x 7.6 cm/40 cal guns, 3 x 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns

Seta-class gunboats (勢多型砲艦, Seta-gata hōkan) were a class of riverine gunboats of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

The class consisted of 4 vessels:

• Seta (勢多)
• Katata (堅田)
• Hira (比良)
• Hozu (保津)