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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY (JAPAN)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

armed merchant cruisers of Russian-Japanese war

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 [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