Japanese cruiser Suma
Suma in 1894 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Suma |
| Namesake | Suma-ku, Kobe |
| Ordered | 1891 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 6 August 1892 |
| Launched | 9 March 1895 |
| Completed | 12 December 1896 |
| Stricken | 4 April 1923 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Suma-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 2,657 long tons (2,700 t) |
| Length | 93.5 m (306 ft 9 in) w/l |
| Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft VTE reciprocating engines; 8 boilers; 6,250 hp (4,660 kW); 554 tons coal |
| Speed | 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 256 |
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Suma (須磨) was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in Japan. She was the lead ship in the Suma-class cruiser, and her sister ship was Akashi. The name Suma comes from a geographic location near Kobe, in Hyōgo Prefecture.