Japanese cruiser Chishima
Chishima in 1890
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 Empire of Japan
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| Name: | Chishima |
| Ordered: | 1887 Fiscal Year |
| Builder: | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, France |
| Laid down: | 29 January 1890 |
| Launched: | 26 November 1890 |
| Completed: | 1 April 1892 |
| Commissioned: | 24 November 1892 |
| Fate: | Lost in collision, 30 November 1892 |
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| Type: | Unprotected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 741 long tons (753 t) |
| Length: | 71 m (232 ft 11 in) w/l |
| Beam: | 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 2.97 m (9 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion steam engine, 2 screws; 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) |
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| Complement: | 90 |
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Chishima (千島 Chishima?) was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The name Chishima (lit. "Thousand Islands") is the Japanese name for the Kurile Islands. Chishima was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy as an aviso (dispatch boat) for scouting, reconnaissance and delivery of high priority messages.
Chishima was designed by French military advisor Émile Bertin, and built in the Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire shipyards in Saint-Nazaire, France. It was part of the 1882 pre-First Sino-Japanese War expansion program of the Imperial Japanese Navy. In keeping with the Jeune Ecole philosophy of naval warfare advocated by Bertin, Chishima was small and lightly armed, so much so that sometimes Chishima has been confused with a torpedo gunboat or destroyer.
Chishima was a slightly older design, which included a full barque rigging with three masts for auxiliary sail propulsion in addition to her steam engine. Chishima was armed with two 76 mm (3 in) guns in sponsons on each side, with a fifth gun mounted in the bows. Secondary armament consisted of six 37 mm (1.5 in) 1-pounder guns mounted in pairs on the bridge, poop deck and one on each side. In addition, she carried five torpedoes, mounted on the deck.
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