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Name: IZUMO also seen as IDZUMO
Type: Cruiser
Keel: 14/05/1898
Launched: 19/09/1899
Completed: 06/09/1900
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Elswick
Yard Number: 681
Dimensions: 9520disp, 400.0 x 68.5 x 24.3(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x VT4cyl (32, 52 & 59, 59), 14500ihp
Engines by: Humphrys Tennant & Co, Deptford
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 22.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 2 x 2 x 8.0ins, 14 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 12 x 1 x 12pdr QF, 7 x 1 x 2.5pdr QF guns;
4 x 18.0ins torpedoes
History:
06/09/1900 Imperial Japanese Navy
24/07/1945 Sank
Comments: 1935: Secondary armament reduced to 8 x 1 x 6.0ins guns
1944: Main armament replaced by 2 x 2 x 5.0ins AA guns
24/07/1945: Bombed at Kure. Capsized and sank
09/1947: Subsequently raised & broken up at Harima


Above photo courtesy of Photoship

Above photo courtesy of Photoship

Above photo courtesy of Terry Summerson

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Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 20/09/1899