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Name: TOKIWA
Type: Armoured Cruiser
Keel: 06/01/1897
Launched: 06/07/1898
Completed: 18/04/1899
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Elswick
Yard Number: 662
Dimensions: 9700disp, 408.0 x 67.0 x 24.4(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x VT4cyl (42, 60 & 66, 66 x 39ins), 18000shp
Engines by: Humphrys Tennant & Co, Deptford
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 21.5knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 2 x 2 x 8.0ins, 14 x 1 x 6.0ins guns; 5 x 14.0ins torpedoes
History:
18/04/1899 Imperial Japanese Navy
08/1947 Broken up
Comments: 1921: Reclassified as a coastal defence vessel
1922: Converted to a minelayer. Aft 8.0ins turret removed
1927: Considerable damage caused by explosion of 3 of her own mines
1938: Further turrets removed and more mines added
09/08/1945: Stranded off Ominato after USA bombing damaged engine room
05/04/1947: Salvaged and towed to Hakodate, Hokkaido
08/1947: Broken up


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Above photo taken after stranding in 1945 is courtesy of Photoship

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