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Saikyo Maru

IJN Saikyo Maru

Survived

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeArmed merchant cruiser
WarFirst Sino-Japanese War
Main guns1 × 4.7″ gun

Armed liner carrying the Chief of the Naval General Staff at the Yalu. Damaged but escaped.

NYK Line "Saikyo Maru". Auxiliary cruiser of First Sino-Japanese War. Scrap in 1927. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

As armed merchant cruiser

  • 1 × 120mm gun
  • 1 × 57mm gun
  • 2 × 47mm guns
BuilderLondon & Glasgow Engineering & Iron Shibuilding Co, Govan
Launched14 March 1888
Length325.0 ft (99.1 m)

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

Career

Launched

14 March 1888

17 September 1894

Fate

Survived

Scrapped 1927