Tsugaru in 1918 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Tsugaru |
| Ordered: | 1895 Fiscal Year |
| Builder: | Admiralty Shipyard, Russia |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1895 |
| Launched: | 26 August 1899 |
| Completed: | 2 November 1901 |
| Acquired: | by Japan as prize of war, 1905 |
| Commissioned: | 22 August 1908 |
| Struck: | 1 April 1922 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, 27 May 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 6,731 long tons (6,839 t) standard 6,932 long tons (7,043 t) full load |
| Length: | 126 m (413 ft 5 in) w/l |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft reciprocating VTE engines; 24 boilers; 11,610 hp (8,660 kW) |
| Speed: | 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 514 |
| Armament: | • 8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns • 12 × 80 mm (3.1 in) guns • 3 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Deck: 50–62 mm (2.0–2.4 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in) |
Tsugaru (津軽) was an protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, acquired as a prize of war during the Russo-Japanese War from the Imperial Russian Navy, where it was originally known as the Pallada. The cruisers Aurora and Diana were its sister ships.
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The Pallada was built by the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg, Russia for the Imperial Russian Navy. As the lead ship of the Pallada-class, it was one of the most modern cruisers in the Russian navy when assigned to the Russian Far East squadron based at Port Arthur, Manchuria.
With the start of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, the Pallada was trapped at Port Arthur, and subsequently sunk by Japanese artillery during the Siege of Port Arthur on 8 December 1904.
After the capture of Port Arthur by the Japanese, the wreck of the Pallada was raised, repaired, and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as the 2nd class cruiser Tsugaru on 22 August 1908. Its new name came from the Tsugaru Strait between Honshū and Hokkaidō.
After commissioning into the Japanese navy, the Tsugaru was used almost exclusively for training duties, especially for mechanical systems training, and it never left Japanese home waters.
On 1 April 1920, the Tsugaru was re-classified as a minelayer. It was removed from the active list on 1 April 1922, and scuttled with explosive charges offshore from Yokosuka on 27 May 1924.
The cruiser Tsugaru should not be confused with the Pacific War era minelayer of the same name.