Japanese cruiser Akashi
Akashi in 1894 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Akashi |
| Ordered | 1893 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 6 August 1894 |
| Launched | 18 December 1897 |
| Completed | 30 March 1899 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1928 |
| Fate | Expended as target, 3 August 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Suma-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 2,657 long tons (2,700 t) |
| Length | 93.5 m (306 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft VTE reciprocating engines; 9 boilers; 7,890 hp (5,880 kW) |
| Speed | 19.5 knots (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h) |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 256 |
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Akashi (明石) was a Suma-class cruiser protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was a sister ship to Suma. The name Akashi comes from an ancient name for a portion of the coastline near the modern city of Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture.