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Kasagi

IJN Kasagi

Wrecked

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeProtected cruiser
WarRusso-Japanese War
Main guns2 × 8″ guns

3rd Division flagship.

Japanese cruiser Kasagi in Kobe in 1899 (she did not arrive in Japan until 1899) Photo: 光村利藻 (Mitsumura, Toshimo), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × 20.3 cm (8 in)/45 Type 41 naval guns
  • 10 × 12 cm (4.7 in)/40 Type 41 naval guns
  • 12 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval guns
  • 6 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss guns
  • 5 × 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Deck: 112 mm (4.4 in) (slope), 62 mm (2.4 in) (flat)
  • Gun shield: 114.3 mm (4.50 in) (front), 62 mm (2.4 in) (sides)
  • Conning Tower: 115 mm (4.5 in)
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, USA
Laid down13 February 1897
Launched20 January 1898
Displacement4,979 t (4,900 long tons)
Length114.1 m (374 ft 4 in) w/l
Speed22.5 kn (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Complement405

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

20 January 1898

Battle of Port Arthur
Survived

8–9 February 1904

Battle of the Yellow Sea
Survived

10 August 1904

Battle of Tsushima
Damaged

27–28 May 1905

3rd Division flagship

Fate

Wrecked

Wrecked in the Tsugaru Strait 10 August 1916