Japanese cruiser Akashi
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Akashi (明石) was a Suma-class cruiser protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was a sister ship to Suma. The name Akashi comes from an ancient name for a portion of the coastline near the modern city of Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture.
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Name | Akashi |
Ordered | 1893 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 6 August 1894 |
Launched | 18 December 1897 |
Completed | 30 March 1899 |
Stricken | 1 April 1928 |
Fate | Expended as target, 3 August 1930 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Suma-class cruiser |
Displacement | 2,657 long tons (2,700 t) |
Length | 93.5 m (306 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft VTE reciprocating engines; 9 boilers; 7,890 hp (5,880 kW) |
Speed | 19.5 knots (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h) |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
Complement | 256 |
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