Japanese cruiser Takasago
Takasago | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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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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.