Tone 1919
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 利根 [Tone] | Sasebo K K | 17.11.1905 | 24.10.1907 | 15.5.1910 | stricken 4.1931 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
4113 |
|
Displacement full, t |
4900 |
|
Length, m |
113.8 wl 109.8 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
14.4 |
|
Draught, m |
5.10 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 4-cyl VTE, 16 Miyabara boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
15000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
23 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 900 + oil 124 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7340(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
shields: 25, deck: 76 - 38, CT: 102 |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 152/45 41-shiki, 10 x 1 - 120/40 41-shiki, 4 x 1 - 76/40 41-shiki, 3 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam) |
|
Complement |
370 |
Project history: A second class cruiser laid down under the Third Fleet Law of 1903, Navy request for a sister ship was rejected. The clipper bow was the first in Japanese service.
Ship protection: 38mm deck had 76mm slopes, guns were protected by 25mm shields.
Modernizations: 1910: - 2 x 1 - 120/40
1924: + 2 x 1 - 76/40 3-shiki
Naval service: After retirement Tone was converted to a target and in April, 1933 was sunk by air bombs on manoeuvres.
Tone 1910
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