Japanese cruiser Takasago
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Takasago (高砂, literally, High Sand, antiquated Japanese name for Formosa) was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Armstrong Whitworth shipyards in Elswick, in the United Kingdom. The name Takasago derives from a location in Hyōgo Prefecture, near Kobe.
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Takasago |
Ordered | 1896 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, United Kingdom |
Laid down | April 1896 |
Launched | 18 May 1897 |
Completed | 17 May 1898 |
Out of service | 13 December 1904 |
Fate | Mined off Port Arthur 13 December 1904 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Protected cruiser |
Displacement | 4,160 long tons (4,227 t) |
Length | 118.2 m (387 ft 10 in) w/l |
Beam | 14.78 m (48 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 5.18 m (17.0 ft) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft VTE; 12 boilers; 15,500 hp (11,600 kW); 1,000 tons coal |
Speed | 23.5 knots (27.0 mph; 43.5 km/h) |
Complement | 425 |
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