Japanese cruiser Izumi
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 The Japanese cruiser Izumi at Sasebo in 1909 |
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| Career |  |
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| Built: | Armstrong, Great Britain |
| Ordered: | 1894 Fiscal Year |
| Laid down | April 5 1881 |
| Launched: | June 6 1883 |
| Completed: | July 15 1884 |
| Fate: | Scrapped April 1 1912 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,920 tons |
| Length: | 82.29 meters at waterline |
| Beam: | 12.80 meters |
| Draught: | 5.64 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft, 12 boilers, 6083 HP |
| Speed: | 18.25 knots |
| Fuel: | 600 tons coal |
| Complement: | 300 |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | 25 mm deck armor (slope), 12 mm deck armor (flat); |
The IJN Izumi (和泉) was a 2nd class protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Newcastle-based Armstrong Whitworth shipyards at Elswick in Great Britain. Its name is also sometimes (archaically) transliterated as Iduzmi, and refers to an ancient province of Japan, now part of Osaka-fu.
The Izumi was built for the Chilean Navy as the Esmeralda and purchased by the Imperial Japanese Navy on 15 November 1894 as part of Japan's emergency fleet replenishment program during the First Sino-Japanese War. The Izumi was quickly placed into service patrolling the sea lanes between Japan and Pusan, and between Japan and Taiwan.
After the war, the Izumi was reclassified as a 3rd class protected cruiser on 31 March 1898. It helped support Japanese forces during the Boxer Rebellion.
The Izumi served again during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, including the Battle of Tsushima, but for the most part it was assigned to rear-line duties, due largely to its inadequate armor.
The cuiser IJN Izumi should not be confused with the Russo-Japanese War period transport, Izumi-maru, which was sunk by the Vladivostok-based Russian cruiser Gromoboi on 12 June 1904.
The Izumi was scrapped on 01 April 1912. Its figurehead Imperial crest is preserved in the museum at the memorial battleship Mikasa.
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