Japanese cruiser Chihaya
Chihaya in 1906 at Maizuru | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Chihaya |
| Ordered | 1896 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 7 May 1898 |
| Launched | 26 May 1900 |
| Completed | 9 September 1901 |
| Stricken | 1 September 1929 |
| Fate | Scrapped 25 July 1939 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Unprotected cruiser |
| Displacement | 1,238 long tons (1,258 t) |
| Length | 83.19 m (272.9 ft) |
| Beam | 9.63 m (31.6 ft) |
| Draft | 3.35 m (11.0 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft reciprocating VTE, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW), 6 boilers, 344 tons coal |
| Speed | 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) |
| Complement | 125 |
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Chihaya (千早) was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The name Chihaya comes from Chihaya Castle, near Osaka, the site of one of the battles of the Genkō War of 1333.