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Japanese cruiser Hirado

Japanese cruiser Hirado 1918.jpg
Hirado in 1916
History
Empire of Japan
Name: Hirado
Namesake: Hirado, Nagasaki
Ordered: 1907 Fiscal Year
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Kobe, Japan
Laid down: 10 August 1910
Launched: 29 June 1911
Commissioned: 17 June 1912
Struck: 1 April 1940
Fate: Scrapped, 1947
General characteristics
Class and type: Chikuma-class protected cruiser
Displacement: 5,040 long tons (5,121 t)
Length: 144.8 m (475 ft 1 in)
Beam: 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught: 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shaft Curtiss turbine engines; 16 Kampon boilers
  • 22,500 hp (16,800 kW)
  • 1,128 tons coal, 300 tons oil
Speed: 26 knots (30 mph; 48 km/h)
Range: 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement: 414
Armament:
Armour:
  • Belt: 50–89 mm (2.0–3.5 in)
  • Deck: 37–57 mm (1.5–2.2 in)
  • Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

Hirado (平戸?) was the third and final vessel built of the Chikuma-class protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Hirado had two sister ships, Chikuma and Yahagi. She was named for after the island of Hirado, Nagasaki.

The Chikuma-class protected cruisers were built as part of the 1907 Naval Expansion Program, based on lessons learned during the Russo-Japanese War. Hirado was the last protected cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Designed shortly after the Russo-Japanese War, she was laid down at Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation in Kobe on 10 August 1910, launched on 29 June 1911 and entered service on 17 June 1912.

The basic design of the Chikuma-class cruisers was modeled after the Royal Navy Town class with some modifications and was also largely influenced by the design of the cruiser Tone The silhouette of the Chikuma class was readily distinguishable due to its four tall smokestacks.

Hirado had a hull with an overall length of 144.8 metres (475 ft) and width of 14.2 metres (47 ft), with a normal displacement of 5040 tons and draft of 5.1 metres (17 ft).


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