Niitaka 1905
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 新高 <Niitaka> | Yokosuka K K | 7/1/1902 | 15/11/1902 | 27/1/1904 | foundered 26/8/1922 | |
| 対馬 <Tsushima> | Kure K K | 1/10/1901 | 15/12/1902 | 14/2/1904 | stricken 1936 |
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Displacement normal, t |
3366 |
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Displacement full, t |
3716 |
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Length, m |
102.0 pp 103.5 wl 104.1 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.4 |
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Draught, m |
4.92 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 16 Niclausse boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
9500 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 600 |
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Armour, mm |
Harvey nickel steel - shields: 25, deck: 64 (slopes), CT: 102 |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 152/40 QF EOC Z, 10 x 1 - 76/40 EOC Z / Vickers N, 4 x 1 - 47/30 Hotchkiss |
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Complement |
320 |
Ship project history: Protected 3rd class cruisers, were built under the 1896-97 Post-war program. The project was developed in Japan. Main lack of the ships consisted in usage of unsuccessful Niclausse boilers that has forced to build third ship (Otowa) under changed project.
Ship protection: 38mm deck had 64mm slopes, machinery was protected by 76mm glacis. Guns were protected by 25mm shields. CT had 102mm sides.
Modernizations: 1922, Tsushima: - 2 x 1 - 76/40, 4 x 1 - 47/30
1924, Tsushima: + 1 x 1 - 76/40 3-shiki
Naval service: To the First World War beginning they become outdated, however were actively attracted for patrol and cruiser service. Both ships 1/9/1921 were reclassified to 2nd class coast defence ships. Niitaka 26/8/1922 was wrecked at Kamchatka coast (284 dead) during typhoon. Tsushima was disarmed in 1930, stricken in 1936 and converted to a hulk, scuttled in 1944.
Niitaka
Tsushima
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