NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
秋津洲 [Akitsushima]			Yokosuka K K	3.1890	6.7.1892	31.3.1894	submarine depot ship 1921

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3100
Displacement full, t	3150
Length, m	91.7 pp 92.0 wl
Breadth, m	13.1
Draught, m	5.32
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 6 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	8400
Max speed, kts	19
Fuel, t	coal 800
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	Harvey steel - deck: 76, shields: 114
Armament	4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong W, 6 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong R, 8 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 4 - 350 TT (beam)
Complement	314

Standard scale images

Project history

Akitsushima was erected at the Yokosuka N Yd from imported materials, the design being a reduced version of the American cruiser Baltimore. Both designs were prepared by Sir William White of Armstrong's. She was not a success, proving a bad sea boat, suffering from excessive rolling, and being a poor steamer. The 152mm armament was mounted on sponsons on either beam towards the forecastle and aft towards the poop. Between the sponsoned 152mm on either broadside were two other sponsons carrying 120mm, while the remaining 120mm were sited one on the forecastle and one on the poop.

Ship protection

Protective deck had 38mm flat and 76mm slopes. Guns were protected by 114mm shields.

Modernizations

1908: boilers were replaced by 6 Miyabara.

Naval service

Akitsushima was finally removed from the operational fleet in 1921, stricken in October 1927.