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DescriptionKotaka.jpg	English: IJN torpedo boat KOTAKA(1901) anchord Kobe port.Considerred by some experts to be the world's first destroyer, invented by Japan according to WP article. 日本語: 神戸港に停泊する「小鷹」。WPの記事によれば、一部の専門家は日本が発明した世界初の駆逐艦であると考えている。
Date	English: 1898 - 1901 日本語: 推定明治31年から明治34年
Source	日本語: Tōgō Shrine and Tōgō Association (東郷神社・東郷会), Togo Heihachiro in images, illustrated Meiji Navy (図説東郷平八郎、目で見る明治の海軍), (Japanese) 福井静夫 (1994) 写真日本海軍全艦艇史, 下巻, ベストセラーズ, p. 810 ISBN: 4-584-17054-1.
Author	English: Mutsumura Toshimo 日本語: 光村利藻

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