Japanese cruiser Azuma
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 The Japanese cruiser Azuma in 1905 |
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| Built: | Fr de la Loire, France |
| Ordered: | 1896 Fiscal Year |
| Laid down | March 1898 |
| Launched: | June 24 1899 |
| Completed: | July 28 1900 |
| Fate: | Scrapped February 15 1944 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,307 tons |
| Length: | 131.5 meters at waterline |
| Beam: | 20.94 meters |
| Draught: | 7.21 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft, 24 boilers; 17,000 HP |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Fuel: | 1275 tons coal |
| Complement: | 650 |
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The IJN Azuma (東) was an armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built in France. It should not be confused with the earlier ex-Confederate ironclad ram, also named Azuma, or with the transport vessel Azuma-maru of the Pacific War. The name Azuma is an ancient name for Japan in general, and the Kanto region of eastern Japan in particular.
Azuma served an important role in the Russo-Japanese War, and was commanded by Captain (later Admiral) Yashiro Rokuro against the Russian cruiser Varyag and the gunboat Koryeets in the Battle off Ulsan 09 February 1904 as well as the Battle of the Yellow Sea and the crucial Battle of Tsushima.
Azuma was re-designated a 1st Class Coastal Defense Vessel on 01 September 1921. Very obsolete by the start of the Pacific War, it was scrapped in 1944.
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