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Asama Class
World Naval Ships  Japanese Navy Cruisers  Asama Class |
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Class armoured Cruises of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Asama and Tokiwa.
These armoured Cruisers were ordered as part of the 1896 Second Navy
Programme and were designed by Philip Watts and built in the Uk by
Armstrong at Elswick there cruisers were very similar to the O'Higgins
cruisers built by Armstrong for the Chilean navy, But had improved armour
and larger armament.
Displacement: 9700 tons, Sped: 20.5 knots, Crew 726 Armament: Four 8 - inch Guns in pairs. Sixteen 6 - inch QF twelve 12 pounder QG Seven 2.5 pounder QF Five 18-inch Torpedo Tubes |
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| Asama | 22nd march 1898 | Scrapped 1947 | |
| Tokiwa | 6th July 1898 | Lost 9th August 1945 | |
| Asama, laid down in November 1896, launched 22nd March 1898 and completed 18th march 1899, The Asama along with her sister ship were at the battle of Tsushima where she was damaged by gunfire her steering gear was disabled. Due to poor maintenance her speed deteriorated to 19 Knots and was re-boilered between 1915 and 1917. After the First world war her role became a training ship ad finally scrapped in 1947 | |||
Asama, 1899. Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP5695 |
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Representation of the Japanese training ship Asama in Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PAN133 |
Asama c.1911. Sent in by Allan Lloyd. |
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HIJMS Asama photographed 1901 A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PAN134 |
Japanese cruiser Asama in 1902. Launched at Elswick she measured 408 ft long and 67 ft wide with a displacement of 9,750 tons and a speed of 23 knots. |
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Japanese Cruiser Asama A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PAN143 |
 
Asama and a British Warship [CHATHAM] Asama with a British or Australian "Chatham" class light cruiser on the other side of the pier: 2 funnels, pole masts, suggest "First Class Cruisers" ASAMA. |
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| Tokiwa Laid down January 1898 and launched 6th July 1898 and completed 18th May 1899,The Toriwa along with her sister ship were at the battle of Tsushima where she was damaged by gunfire. She was re-boilered in 1910 and again in 1937 with eight Kanpon Boilers. Before the outbreak of World war One 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 Sino-Japanese was in 1937 she was refitted and used again as a minelayer. increasing her carrying capacity to 500 mines. The Tokiwa was mined in April 1945 and was later sunk by air air attack, in August but lay in shallow water. the wreck was scrapped after the war | |||
HIJMS Tokiwa A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PAN144 |
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One of the Asama Class Cruisers, at Malta. This photo was taken c.1899-1900, around the time that either of the two ships would have been making its way from Elswick in the UK to Japan. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PAN064 |
Another shot of the Asama class cruiser opposite. At Malta c.1899-1900. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PAN154 |
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