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Takao Many thanks to Alexandr Isaenko ( http://scale-ship.ru ) for granted picture

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
高雄 [Takao]			Yokosuka K K	10.1886	15.10.1888	16.11.1889	stricken 4.1911

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1778
Displacement full, t	1927
Length, m	70.0 pp 71.1 wl
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	4.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HC, 5 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2330
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	coal 300
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(10)
Armament	4 x 1 - 149/32 RKL/35 C/80, 1 x 1 - 120/22 RKL/25 C/78, 1 x 1 - 79/25 RKL/27 C/73, 6 x 4 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I, 2 x 2 - 25/60 Nordenfelt Mk I, 2 - 350 TT (beam)
Complement	229

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Project history

The Takao, ordered under the 1882 Programme, was the first steel-hulled warship to be laid down in Japan. The main armament of Krupp guns was sited in sponsons amidships - similar to many French cruisers of the period - with a Krupp 120mm gun at the stern.

Modernizations

1901: new armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong Z, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 450 TT (beam)

Naval service

Reclassified as coast defence ship in 1898.

Many thanks to Alexandr Isaenko ( http://scale-ship.ru ) for granted picture