Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT |
Dimensions, m (length pp) |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
亜米利加丸 [America Maru] | 1898 // 1904 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 5870 | 128.9x15.6 | 16.5 | 2VTE | returned 1905 | |
備後丸 [Bingo Maru] | 30.8.1897 // 1904 | Henderson, Meadowside, UK | 6247 | 135.6x15.1 | 13 | 2VTE | returned 1905 | |
香港丸 [Hong Kong Maru] | 1896 // 1904 | Henderson, Meadowside, UK | 6169 | 135.6x15.1 | 13 | 2VTE | returned 1905 | |
春日丸 [Kasuga Maru] | 27.12.1897 // 1904 | Napier, Govan, UK | 3820 | 114.3x13.5 | 15 | 1VTE | depot ship 1905 | |
熊野丸 [Kumano Maru] | 1.6.1901 // 1904 | Fairfield, Govan, UK | 5076 | 122.0x14.8 | 16 | 1VTE | returned 1905 | |
日興丸 [Nikko Maru] | 23.9.1903 // 1904 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 5539 | 130.5x14.9 | 17 | 1VTE | wrecked 14.5.1905 | |
日本丸 [Nippon Maru] | 13.4.1898 // 1904 | Laing, Deptford, UK | 6162 | 131.4x15.5 | 17 | 2VTE | returned 1905 | |
西京丸 [Saikyo Maru] | 14.3.1888 // 1904 | London & Glasgow Co, Govan, UK | 2913 | 99.1x12.6 | 1VTE | returned 1905 | ||
信濃丸 [Shinano Maru] | 31.1.1900 // 1904 | Henderson, Meadowside, UK | 6388 | 135.7x15.1 | 12.5 | 2VTE | returned 1905 | |
太初丸 [Taichu Maru] | 1.6.1897 // 1904 | Laing, Deptford, UK | 3320 | 100.6x13.4 | 12.5 | 1VTE | returned 1905 | |
臺南丸 [Tainan Maru] | 3.6.1897 // 1904 | Thompson, North Sands, UK | 3450 | 100.6x13.1 | 14.5 | 1VTE | returned 1905 | |
八幡丸 [Yawata Maru] | 21.5.1898 // 1904 | Napier, Govan, UK | 3818 | 114.3x13.4 | 15 | 1VTE | returned 1905 | |
扬武丸 [Kachidate Maru] | 13.2.1888 // 1904 | Raylton Dixon, Middlesborough, UK | 3457 | 103.6x12.9 | 1VTE | returned 1905 |
Project history: Merchant ships converted to armed merchant cruisers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014