| 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 |
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Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 20/09/1899