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Yoshino

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
吉野 [Yoshino]			Armstrong, Elswick, UK	2.1892	20.12.1892	30.9.1893	collision 15.5.1904

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	4150
Displacement full, t
Length, m	109.7 pp 118.3 oa
Breadth, m	14.2
Draught, m	5.18
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 12 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	15750
Max speed, kts	22.5
Fuel, t	coal 1000
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10)
Armour, mm	Harvey steel - deck: 45 with 114mm slopes, shields: 114, CT: 76
Armament	4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong W, 8 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong R, 22 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 5 - 350 TT (1 bow, 4 beam)
Complement	385

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Project history

The Yoshino was built to an improved design of the Argentinian 25 de Mayo prepared by Sir Philip Watts. When completed she was the fastest cruiser afloat, and with her powerful armament of well-sited QF guns was unmatched for her size. Two of the 152mm were sited on the keel line fore and aft, while the other two were on beam sponsons on the upper deck, just aft of the bridge. The 120mm were sited in beam sponsons on the upper deck.

Ship protection

Protective deck had 45mm flat and 114-89mm slopes. 152mm guns were protected by 114mm shields, 120mm by 51mm. CT had 76mm sides.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

The Yoshino, with her QF guns, played a significant part in the Japanese victory at the Battle of the Yalu, the new Elswick QF guns, although lighter, proving far superior to heavier pieces with a slow rate of fire and poor ammunition. Yoshino was rammed and sunk by the armoured cruiser Kasuga on 15 May 1904 after taking part in the bombardment of Port Arthur.