NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	Launched // Comm.	Builder	Tonnage, BRT	Dimensions, m (length pp)	Speed, kts	Engine, Power hp	Armament	Fate
亜米利加丸 [America Maru]	1898 // 1904	Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK	5870	128.9x15.6	16.5	2VTE		returned 1905
備後丸 [Bingo Maru]	30.8.1897 // 1904	Henderson, Meadowside, UK	6247	135.6x15.1	13	2VTE		returned 1905
香港丸 [Hong Kong Maru]	1896 // 1904	Henderson, Meadowside, UK	6169	135.6x15.1	13	2VTE		returned 1905
春日丸 [Kasuga Maru]	27.12.1897 // 1904	Napier, Govan, UK	3820	114.3x13.5	15	1VTE		depot ship 1905
熊野丸 [Kumano Maru]	1.6.1901 // 1904	Fairfield, Govan, UK	5076	122.0x14.8	16	1VTE		returned 1905
日興丸 [Nikko Maru]	23.9.1903 // 1904	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	5539	130.5x14.9	17	1VTE		wrecked 14.5.1905
日本丸 [Nippon Maru]	13.4.1898 // 1904	Laing, Deptford, UK	6162	131.4x15.5	17	2VTE		returned 1905
西京丸 [Saikyo Maru]	14.3.1888 // 1904	London & Glasgow Co, Govan, UK	2913	99.1x12.6		1VTE		returned 1905
信濃丸 [Shinano Maru]	31.1.1900 // 1904	Henderson, Meadowside, UK	6388	135.7x15.1	12.5	2VTE		returned 1905
太初丸 [Taichu Maru]	1.6.1897 // 1904	Laing, Deptford, UK	3320	100.6x13.4	12.5	1VTE		returned 1905
臺南丸 [Tainan Maru]	3.6.1897 // 1904	Thompson, North Sands, UK	3450	100.6x13.1	14.5	1VTE		returned 1905
八幡丸 [Yawata Maru]	21.5.1898 // 1904	Napier, Govan, UK	3818	114.3x13.4	15	1VTE		returned 1905
扬武丸 [Kachidate Maru]	13.2.1888 // 1904	Raylton Dixon, Middlesborough, UK	3457	103.6x12.9		1VTE		returned 1905

Project history

Merchant ships converted to armed merchant cruisers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.