| 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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