Hashidate 1894
Matsushima 1891
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 橋立 <Hashidate> | Yokosuka K K | 9/1888 | 24/3/1891 | 6/1894 | TS 1906, stricken 1923 | |
| 厳島 <Itsukushima> | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1/1888 | 11/7/1889 | 8/1891 | TS 1906, submarine tender 1919 | |
| 松島 <Matsushima> | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 2/1888 | 22/1/1890 | 3/1891 | TS 1906, internal explosion 30/4/1908 |
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Displacement normal, t |
4217 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
91.8 wl |
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Breadth, m |
15.6 |
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Draught, m |
6.05 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
HTE, 6 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
5400 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 680 |
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Armour, mm |
Harvey steel - barbette: 300, turret: 100, shields: 110, deck: 38, machinery glacis: 127, CT: 125 - 35 |
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Armament |
Matsushima: 1 x 1 - 320/38 Canet, 12 x 1 - 120/40 EOC, 16 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 6 x 1 - 37/27 Hotchkiss, 4 - 356 TT (1 bow, 1 stern, 2 beam) others: 1 x 1 - 320/38 Canet, 11 x 1 - 120/40 EOC, 5 x 1 - 57/40 Hotckiss, 11 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 4 - 356 TT (1 bow, 1 stern, 2 beam) |
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Complement |
360 |
Ship project history: 2nd class cruisers designed by Emile Bertin, who re-organized Japanese shipbuilding, rated originally as coast defence ships. Hashidate was the first large warship built in Japan and complete in 6.5 years after laying down. These cruisers were intended for operation in three-ship squadron; main gun on Itsukushima and Hashidate was installed at fore end and on Matsushima at aft end. So three these ships were together as "11/2 battleship".
Ship protection: Hull was protected by only 38mm deck with 38mm slopes, machinery had 127mm glacis. Main gun had 300mm barbette and 100mm turret, 120mm guns had 110mm shields, CT sides were protected by 100mm armour on 25mm plating and roof by 25mm armour on 10mm plating. Shell hoist of main gun had 250mm protection.
Modernizations: 1901 - 1902, Matsushima, Itsukushima: boilers were replaced by 8 Belleville
1901 - 1902, Hashidate: boilers were replaced by 8 Miyabara.
Naval service: Hashidate served as TS from 1906, stricken in 1923 but used as training hulk until 1927. Itsukushima was damaged 2/9/1894 by 8 shell hits from Chinese ships, later repaired. She became TS in 1906, stricken 1919 but used as submarine tender until 1922. Matsushima also was used as TS from 1906. She was lost 30/4/1908 by a magazine explosion in Makung Harbour in the Pescadores, 141 dead.
Hashidate 1908
Matsushima
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