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Yakumo

IJN Yakumo

Survived

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeArmoured cruiser
ClassYakumo
WarRusso-Japanese War
Main guns2 × twin 20.3 cm/45 Type 41 naval guns

German-built. Served through the war.

Picture of Japanese cruiser Yakumo at anchor in Kure, Japan, 1905 Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × twin 20.3 cm/45 Type 41 naval guns
  • 12 × single QF 6 inch /40 naval guns
  • 12 × single QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval guns
  • 8 × single QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns
  • 5 × single 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Waterline belt: 89–178 mm (3.5–7.0 in)
  • Deck: 63 mm (2.5 in)
  • Gun turret: 160 mm (6.3 in)
  • Barbette: 152 mm (6.0 in)
  • Casemate: 51–152 mm (2.0–6.0 in)
  • Conning tower: 356 mm (14.0 in)
  • Bulkhead: 127 mm (5.0 in)
BuilderAG Vulcan Stettin, Stettin, Germany
Laid down1 September 1897
Launched8 July 1899
Displacement9,646 t (9,494 long tons)
Length132.3 m (434 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement670

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

Career

Launched

8 July 1899

8–9 February 1904

10 August 1904

27–28 May 1905

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, 20 July 1946