| Name: | ASAMA |
| Type: | Armoured Cruiser |
| Keel: | 20/09/1896 |
| Launched: | 22/03/1898 |
| Completed: | 18/03/1899 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 661 |
| 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 QF, 8 x 1 x 2.5pdr QF guns; |
| 1 x 18.0ins (bow), 2 x 2 x 18.0ins (broadside) torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 18/03/1899 | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 01/03/1947 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 14/10/1935: Ran agound near Kurahashi Island |
| She was refloated but with a severely damaged keel. Not repairable | |
| 01/07/1942: Assigned as an unarmed training & barracks vessel | |
| 03/1947: Broken up by Hitachi |
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