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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
和泉 [Idzumi] (ex-Esmeralda)			Armstrong, Elswick, UK	5.4.1881	6.6.1883	15.7.1884 // 15.11.1894	stricken 4.1912

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2920
Displacement full, t
Length, m	82.3 pp
Breadth, m	12.8
Draught, m	5.64
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HC, 12 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	6083
Max speed, kts	18.2
Fuel, t	coal 600
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	compound - deck: 13 with 25mm slopes
Armament	2 x 1 - 254/30 Armstrong F/G, 6 x 1 - 152/30 Armstrong I, 5 x 1 - 47/30 21/2pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 10 - 11.4/94, 3 - 350 TT (1 bow, 2 beam)
Complement	300

Standard scale images

Project history

Idzumi, the ex-Esmeralda, was purchased from Chile in November 1894 in time for the Sino-Japanese war. Although she arrived in Japan within a very short time of her purchase she was not finally ready for service until after the war had ended. She had been designed to operate in the relatively calm waters near the South American coast and proved unsuitable for duties in the rough waters around Japan. Stability was improved in 1899 by replacing the 152mm guns with 120mm models.

Ship protection

Protective deck had 13mm flat and 25mm slopes.

Modernizations

1899: - 6 x 1 - 152/30, 5 x 1 - 47/30, 2 x 10 - 11.4/94; + 6 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong T, 2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 6 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I

1902: - 2 x 1 - 254/30; + 2 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong Z

Naval service

After the Russo-Japanese war she was relegated to a subsidiary role.