IJN MATSHUSHIMA IN DOCK 29

IJN MATSHUSHIMA A JAPANESE CRUISER 1894

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS SECTION OF SHIP ---------- AFT VEIW SECTION OF THE SHIP

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Name: Matsushima
Ordered: 1886 Fiscal Year
Builder: Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
Laid down: 17 February 1888
Launched: 22 January 1890
Completed: 5 April 1892
Struck: 31 July 1908

Fate: Sunk after accidental explosion 30 April 1908

General characteristics

Class and type: Matsushima-class cruiser

Displacement: 4,217 long tons (4,285 t)

Length: 91.81 m (301 ft 3 in) w/l
Beam: 15.6 m (51 ft 2 in)
Draft: 6.05 m (19 ft 10 in)

Propulsion: 2-shaft reciprocating; 6 boilers; 5,400 hp (4,000 kW), 680 tons coal

Speed: 16.5 knots (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)

Complement: 360

Armament:

1 × 320 millimetres (12.6 inches) Canet gun
12 × QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV guns
16 × QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss
6 × 1-pounder guns
4 × 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes

Armor:

Deck: 50 mm (2 in)
Gun Turret: 300 mm (12 in)
Gun shield: 100 mm (4 in)

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