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Kasuga-class armoured cruiser 7,689 7 January 1904 18 January 1942; scuttled 1936 Tsukuba: Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan Tsukuba-class armoured cruiser: 13,750 14 January 1907 14 January 1917; Accidental explosion Ikoma: Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan: Tsukuba-class armoured cruiser 13,750 28 March 1908 20 September 1923; Scrapped Ibuki: Kure Naval ...
The Ibuki-class ships were originally ordered during the Russo-Japanese War, on 31 January 1905, as Tsukuba-class armored cruisers. Before construction began, however, they were redesigned to incorporate 8-inch (203 mm) guns in four twin turrets rather than the dozen 6-inch (152 mm) guns in single mounts of the earlier ships.
Azuma at anchor, Portsmouth, 1900 Class overview Operators Imperial Japanese Navy Preceded by Yakumo Succeeded by Kasuga class History Name Azuma Namesake Mount Azuma Ordered 12 October 1897 Builder Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire, France Laid down 1 February 1898 Launched 24 June 1899 Completed 28 July 1900 Reclassified As 1st class coast-defense ship, 1 September 1921 ...
The armored cruiser Izumo, flagship of the squadron commander Rear Admiral Moriyama Keizaburo, arrived on 12 February and he requested the immediate dispatch of salvage and repair ships. The protected cruiser Chitose and the supply ship SS Konan Maru arrived on 18 March and they were followed the next day by Asama ' s sister, Tokiwa , and the ...
All of the "Six-Six Fleet" armored cruisers used the same armor scheme with some minor differences, one of which was that the four later ships all used Krupp cemented armor. The waterline belt ran the full length of the ship and its thickness varied from 178 millimeters (7.0 in) amidships to 89 millimeters (3.5 in) at the bow and stern.
(Japanese Cypress) Mar 1944 Sep 1944 Surface action off Manila Bay, Jan 1945 ‡ Kaede (Maple) Mar 1944 Oct 1944 To Rep. of China, Jul 1947 Kashi (Live Oak) May 1944 Sep 1944 Scrapped 1947 Kaya (Japanese Nutmeg-Yew) Apr 1944 Sep 1944 To USSR, Jul 1947 Keyaki (Japanese Elm) Jun 1944 Dec 1944 Sunk as target, 1947 Kiri (Paulownia Hardwood) Feb 1944
Designed by Edoardo Masdea, the Garibaldi-class cruiser was a hybrid between a cruiser and a battleship.At 20 knots (37 km/h) maximum speed, the design was slightly slower than contemporary cruisers, but was very heavily armed and also heavily armored, in a package with very low displacement and moderate dimensions.
All of the "Six-Six Fleet" armored cruisers used the same armor scheme with some minor differences, of which the most important was that the two Asama-class ships used less tough Harvey armor. The waterline belt ran the full length of the ship and its thickness varied from 178 millimeters (7.0 in) amidships to 89 millimeters (3.5 in) at the bow ...