Japanese cruiser Tsukushi
Japanese cruiser Tsukushi | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Chile | |
| Name | Arturo Prat |
| Builder | Armstrong |
| Laid down | 10 February 1879 |
| Launched | 11 August 1880 |
| Fate | Purchase cancelled, incomplete hull sold to Japan |
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Tsukushi |
| Ordered | 1883 Fiscal Year |
| Commissioned | 18 June 1883 |
| Stricken | 26 May 1906 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1910 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tsukushi-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 1,350 long tons (1,370 t) |
| Length | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Beam | 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16.5 knots (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
| Range | 300 tons coal |
| Complement | 186 |
| Armament |
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Tsukushi (筑紫) was an early unprotected cruiser, serving in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy. Its name is a traditional name for Kyūshū island. Its sister ships Chaoyong and Yangwei were acquired by the Chinese Beiyang Fleet.