Japanese cruiser Otowa
Otowa in 1905 | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Otowa |
| Ordered | 1897 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan |
| Laid down | 3 January 1903 |
| Launched | 2 November 1903 |
| Completed | 6 September 1904 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1917 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,000 long tons (3,048 t) |
| Length | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) w/l |
| Beam | 12.62 m (41 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft VTE reciprocating engines; 10 boilers; 10,000 hp (7,500 kW); 575 tons coal |
| Speed | 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) |
| Complement | 280-312 |
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Otowa (音羽) was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in Japan. The name Otowa comes from a mountain in Kyoto, located behind Kiyomizu-dera. The waters from a waterfall at this temple were traditionally held to be a cure for all illnesses.