Japanese cruiser Suma
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 The Japanese cruiser Suma in 1894 |
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| Career |  |
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| Built: | Yokosuka Naval Yards, Japan |
| Ordered: | 1891 Fiscal Year |
| Laid down | August 1892 |
| Launched: | March 9 1895 |
| Completed: | December 12 1896 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1928 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,657 tons |
| Length: | 93.5 meters at waterline |
| Beam: | 12.24 meters |
| Draught: | 4.63 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft, 8 boilers, 8384 HP |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Range: | 554 tons coal; 10,000 nautical miles @ 10 knots |
| Complement: | 310 |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | 50 mm deck (slope); 25 mm deck (flat); 115 gunshield |
The IJN Suma (須磨) was an protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Yokosuka shipyards in Japan. It was a sister ship to the Akashi. The name [[Suma]] comes from a geographic location near Kobe, in Hyogo prefecture.
Admiral Shimamura Hayao commanded the Suma and marines during the Japanese occupation of Tianjin during the Boxer Rebellion.
The Suma was active in the Russo-Japanese War and in World War I.
After the war, the Suma was re-designated as a 2nd-class Coastal Defense Vessel from 01 September 1921. The Suma was removed from the active list on 04 April 1923. Deemed obsolete, it was broken up for scrap in 1928.
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