Japanese cruiser Chiyoda

	Chiyoda around 1900
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Chiyoda
Ordered	1888 Fiscal Year
Builder	J & G Thomson (From 1899 John Brown & Company), United Kingdom
Laid down	4 December 1888
Launched	3 June 1890
Completed	1 January 1891
Decommissioned	28 February 1927
Fate	Expended as target 5 August 1927
General characteristics
Type	Cruiser
Displacement	2,439 long tons (2,478 t)
Length	94.49 m (310 ft 0 in) w/l
Beam	12.81 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draught	4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft vertical triple expansion, 6 locomotive boilers, 5,678 hp (4,234 kW)
Speed	19 knots (22 mph; 35 km/h)
Complement	350
Armament	10 × QF 4.7 inch /40 naval guns; 14 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss guns; 3 × 11-mm, 10-barrel Nordenfelt guns; 3 × 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Belt: 82–92 mm (3.2–3.6 in); Deck: 30–35 mm (1.2–1.4 in); Conning tower: 30 mm (1.2 in);

Chiyoda (千代田) was a cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which served in the First Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War and World War I.

History
Chiyoda around 1900
Empire of Japan
Name	Chiyoda
Ordered	1888 Fiscal Year
Builder	J & G Thomson (From 1899 John Brown & Company), United Kingdom
Laid down	4 December 1888
Launched	3 June 1890
Completed	1 January 1891
Decommissioned	28 February 1927
Fate	Expended as target 5 August 1927
General characteristics
Type	Cruiser
Displacement	2,439 long tons (2,478 t)
Length	94.49 m (310 ft 0 in) w/l
Beam	12.81 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draught	4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft vertical triple expansion, 6 locomotive boilers, 5,678 hp (4,234 kW)
Speed	19 knots (22 mph; 35 km/h)
Complement	350
Armament	10 × QF 4.7 inch /40 naval guns 14 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss guns 3 × 11-mm, 10-barrel Nordenfelt guns 3 × 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 82–92 mm (3.2–3.6 in) Deck: 30–35 mm (1.2–1.4 in) Conning tower: 30 mm (1.2 in)