Japanese cruiser Nisshin

History
Colorized photo of Nisshin at anchor at Kure, 24 June 1905
Empire of Japan
Name:	Nisshin
Ordered:	23 December 1901
Builder:	Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa-Sestri Ponente
Laid down:	29 March 1902
Launched:	9 February 1903
Acquired:	30 December 1903
Commissioned:	7 January 1904
Struck:	1 April 1935
Fate:	Sunk as a target ship, 1936 Later raised and again expended as a target ship, 18 January 1942
General characteristics
Class and type:	Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser
Displacement:	7,700 t (7,578 long tons)
Length:	111.73 m (366 ft 7 in) (o/a)
Beam:	18.71 m (61 ft 5 in)
Draft:	7.35 m (24 ft 1 in)
Depth:	12.1 m (39 ft 8 in)
Installed power:	13,500 ihp (10,100 kW) 8 Scotch marine boilers
Propulsion:	2 Shafts 2 Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range:	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	600
Armament:	2 twin 8 in/45 Type 41 guns 14 single QF 6 in/40 Type 41 guns 10 single QF 3 in/40 Type 41 guns 6 single QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns 4 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt: 70–150 mm (2.8–5.9 in) Deck: 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) Barbette: 100–150 mm (3.9–5.9 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)

Nisshin (日進^?), also transliterated as Nissin, was a Kasuga-class armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built in the first decade of the 20th century by Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente, Italy, where the type was known as the Giuseppe Garibaldi class. The ship was originally ordered by the Argentine Navy during the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race, but the lessening of tensions with Chile and financial pressures caused the Argentinians to sell her before delivery. At this time tensions between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire were rising, and the ship was offered to both sides before she was purchased by the Japanese.

During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, Nisshin participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea and was damaged in the subsequent Battle of Tsushima. In addition she frequently bombarded the defenses of Port Arthur. The ship played a limited role in World War I and was used to escort Allied convoys and search for German commerce raiders in the Indian Ocean and Australasia. In 1918, Nisshin was deployed to the Mediterranean and then escorted the surrendered German submarines allocated to Japan from Britain to Japan after the war. She became a training ship in 1927 and was sunk as a target ship in 1936. Her wreck was later refloated and used as a target again in 1942.

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