Japanese cruiser Hirado

History
Hirado in 1916
Empire of Japan
Name	Hirado
Namesake	Hirado, Nagasaki
Ordered	1907 Fiscal Year
Builder	Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Kobe
Laid down	10 August 1910
Launched	29 June 1911
Commissioned	17 June 1912
Stricken	1 April 1940
Fate	Scrapped, 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Chikuma-class protected cruiser
Displacement	5,040 long tons (5,121 t)
Length	144.8 m (475 ft 1 in)
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft Curtiss steam turbines; 16 Kampon boilers 22,500 hp (16,800 kW) 1,128 tons coal, 300 tons oil
Speed	26 knots (30 mph; 48 km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	414
Armament	8 × Type 41 6 inch 45 caliber naval guns 4 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval guns 2 × 7.7 mm Lewis Guns 3 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 50–89 mm (2.0–3.5 in) Deck: 37–57 mm (1.5–2.2 in) Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

Hirado (平戸) was the third and final vessel built of the Chikuma-class protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Hirado had two sister ships, Chikuma and Yahagi. She was named for after the island of Hirado, Nagasaki.