Tsubame-class minelayer

	Tsubame in April 1929
Class overview
Name	Tsubame class
Builders	Yokohama Dock Company; Ōsaka Iron Works;
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Sokuten class
Succeeded by	Natsushima class
Built	1928–1929
In commission	1929–1945
Planned	2
Completed	2
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Netlayer/Minelayer
Displacement	450 long tons (457 t) standard
Length	68.80 m (225 ft 9 in) overall
Beam	7.20 m (23 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 × triple expansion stages reciprocating engines; 2 × Kampon mix-fired boilers; 2 shafts, 2,500 shp (1,900 kW);
Speed	19.0 knots (35.2 km/h; 21.9 mph)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	43
Armament	1 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/40 AA gun; 1 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 80 × Mk.5 naval mines or 18 × depth charges or 6 × Type 14 502.5 m capture nets;

The Tsubame-class minelayer (燕型敷設艇,, Tsubame-gata Fusetsutei) was a class of minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during and after 1929 through World War II.