| Name: | TSUKUSHI launched as ARTURO PRAT |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 02/10/1879 |
| Launched: | 11/08/1880 |
| Completed: | 06/1883 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 399 |
| Dimensions: | 1380 - 1542disp, 210.0 x 32.0 x 17.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x C2cyl, 2887shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 10.0ins, 4 x 1 x 5.1ins, 2 x 1 x 9pdr, 2 x torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 06/1883 | Government of Japan |
| 1910 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Launched as ARTURO PRAT for the Government of Chile |
| Designed to be lightly armoured, but heavily armed and fast | |
| 11/11/1880: Mitchell handed her over to Armstrong for armaments to be fitted | |
| Contract cancelled by Chile due to changed requirements | |
| After some delay the contract was renegotiated with Japan | |
| by which time the Mitchell company had merged with Armstrong | |
| The design was soon overtaken by more modern technology |
Above photo is courtesy of Terry Summerson