Japanese cruiser Tokiwa
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 The Japanese cruiser Tokiwa in 1905 |
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| Career |  |
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| Built: | Armstrong Whitworth, Great Britain |
| Ordered: | 1897 Fiscal Year |
| Laid down | January 1898 |
| Launched: | July 6 1898 |
| Completed: | May 18 1899 |
| Fate: | Sunk by air attack September 9 1945 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,700 tons |
| Length: | 124.36 meters |
| Beam: | 20.45 meters |
| Draught: | 7.43 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft, 18,000 BHP |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 726 |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | 88-180 mm main belt armor; 125 mm upper belt, 50 mm deck armor |
The IJN Tokiwa (常盤) was an armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, of Asama class. Built in Great Britain, and served an important role in the Russo-Japanese War, including the crucial Battle of Tsushima where she was damaged by gunfire. She was fitted with new boilers in 1910 and again in 1937 with eight Kanpon ｂoilers.
Tokiwa was re-designated a First-Class Coast Defence Vessel on 30 September 1921. On 30 September 1922, the Tokiwa was converted to a minelayer and carried a total of 300 mines. In August 1927 she suffered substantial damage in an accidental explosion, and was placed in the reserve fleet. At the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, she was again used as a minelayer, carrying up to 500 mines. Ironically, the Tokiwa was herself mined in April 1945, and was later sunk by air attack on 9 September 1945 at Ominato port, northern Honshū (41.20N, 141.60E). The wreck was later raised and scrapped after the Pacific War.
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