| Name: | TAKACHIHO |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 10/04/1884 |
| Launched: | 16/05/1885 |
| Completed: | 26/03/1886 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 476 |
| Dimensions: | 3727disp, 300.0 x 46.0 x 18.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x 2cyl (30 & 44 x 85ins), 7120ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 10.2ins, 6 x 1 x 5.9ins, 2 x 1 x 6pdr, 10 x 1 x Nordenfelt guns; |
| 2 x 2 x 14.0ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 01/12/1885 | Government of Japan |
| 18/10/1914 | Sank |
| Comments: | Designed as an enlarged & improved ESMERALDA |
| Main armament of 10.2 & 5.9ins guns supplied by Krupp of Germany | |
| 1900: 5.9ins guns replaced by Armstrong 6.0ins QF guns | |
| 1902: 10.2ins guns replaced by Armstrong 6.0ins QF guns | |
| 1907: Converted into a minelayer | |
| 18/10/1914: Sunk by 2 x torpedoes from German destroyer S90 | |
| Second torpedo exploded the cargo of 120 mines |
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Jarrow Express, Friday, 22/05/1885