Japanese cruiser Chishima
 Chishima in 1890
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Chishima |
| Ordered | 1887 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, France |
| Laid down | 29 January 1890 |
| Launched | 26 November 1890 |
| Completed | 1 April 1892 |
| Commissioned | 24 November 1892 |
| Fate | Lost in collision, 30 November 1892 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Unprotected cruiser |
| Displacement | 741 long tons (753 t) |
| Length | 71 m (232 ft 11 in) w/l |
| Beam | 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 2.97 m (9 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine, 2 screws; 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 90 |
| Armament |
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Chishima (千島, Chishima) was an
Background
Chishima was designed by
Design
Chishima was a slightly older design, which included a full barque rigging with three masts for auxiliary sail propulsion in addition to her steam engine. Chishima was armed with two 76 mm (3 in) guns in sponsons on each side, with a fifth gun mounted in the bows. Secondary armament consisted of six 37 mm (1.5 in) 1-pounder guns mounted in pairs on the bridge, poop deck and one on each side. In addition, she carried five torpedo tubes, mounted on the deck.[1]
Service record
The commissioning of Chishima was delayed by over a year, as the ship could achieve only 19 knots (35 km/h), instead of the promised 22 knots (41 km/h); the French government agreed to pay the Japanese government some financial compensation for the issue. The
However, Chishima was lost only one week after its formal commissioning into the Japanese navy, in a night collision on 30 November 1892 with the
One of the cannon of Chishima is preserved in a memorial at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo, and a memorial to the Chishima disaster with calligraphy by Tōgō Heihachirō is at the Buddhist temple of Jofuku-ji in Matsuyama.[2]
Litigation following sinking
Afterwards, in a
The case was remitted to the
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8317-0302-8.
- ^ "Chishima-kan Monument". Archived from the original on 19 June 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "The Imperial Japanese Government v The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (China and Japan) [1895] UKPC 33".
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