Aso 1908
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 阿蘇 [Aso] (ex-Áàÿí [Bayan]) | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France // Maizuru K K | 12/1898 | 30.5.1900 | 4.1903 // 1908 | minelayer 1920, stricken 4.1930 |
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Displacement normal, t |
7725 |
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Displacement full, t |
7800 |
|
Length, m |
137.0 |
|
Breadth, m |
17.5 |
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Draught, m |
6.48 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 26 Belleville boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
16500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
21 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 1100 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7000(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
Harvey nickel steel - belt: 200 - 100, bulkheads: 200 - 180, upper belt: 60, casemates: 60, deck: 50 - 30, CT: 160 |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 203/42 (rus.), 8 x 1 - 152/45 Armstrong GG, 16 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 2 x 1 - 6.5/115 |
|
Complement |
593 |
Project history: Former Russian Bayan, captured 2.1.1905 at Port Arthur. She was repaired and commissioned in 1908.
Ship protection: Main 200mm belt protected part of ship length between stem and aft turret and had 1.8m height, its thickness decreased to 100mm at lower edge and near ship ends. It was closed by 200-180mm bulkhead at aft end. 60mm upper belt connected with upper deck. 6`` and half of 3`` guns had similar protection. Main deck was 50mm at flat part.
Modernizations: 3.1913: - 2 x 1 - 203/42; + 2 x 1 - 152/50 41-shiki with shields
1920: + capacity for 420 mines.
Naval service: Aso was stricken 1.4.1930, converted to target and sunk on manoeuvres 8.8.1932.
Aso
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