| Name: | YOSHINO |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 01/1892 |
| Launched: | 20/12/1892 |
| Completed: | 07/1893 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 596 |
| Dimensions: | 4158disp, 368.0 x 47.0 x 17.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT4cyl (40, 60 & 66, 66 x 33ins), 10000ihp to 15750hp |
| Engines by: | Humphrys, Tennant & Co, Deptford |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 23.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 8 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 22 x 1 x 3pdr guns; 5 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 07/1893 | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 15/05/1904 | Sank |
| Comments: | The world's fastest cruiser at the time of her completion |
| 15/05/1904: During the Russo-Japanese War, while operating off Port Arthur, she collided with the armoured cruiser KASUGO. | |
| KASUGO's ram pierced the engine room and the YOSHINO turned turtle and sank. 318 crew died and only 19 survived |
Above photo copyright Tyne & Wear Archives
Above photo copyright Tyne & Wear Archives
Above photo from an 1898 copy of the Navy and Army Illustrated, courtesy of Kevin Blair