Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Imperial Japanese Navy — Cruiser class

Izumo-class cruiser

Izumo class

The class in numbers

  • 2 Completed
  • 2 Lost

Design and service

Type
Cruiser
Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
Built
1898–1901
In commission
1900–1945
Preceded by
Asama-class cruiser
Builders
  • Armstrong Whitworth, United Kingdom

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

As built
Displacement, standard
9,353 long tons (9,503 t)
Length
132.28 m (434 ft) OA
Speed
20.8 knots (38.4 km/h, 23.9 mph)
Complement
672
Main gun
203 mm (8 in)
Armament
  • 2 × twin 8 in guns
  • 14 × single 6 in guns
  • 12 × single 12 pdr (3 in) guns
  • 8 × single 2.5 pdr (1.5 in) Yamauchi guns
  • 4 × 18 in torpedo tubes

Roster

Vessel Pennant Commissioned Fate
Japanese cruiser Iwate 1900 Scrapped 1945
Japanese cruiser Izumo 1899 Scrapped 1945

Sources