Japanese cruiser Takao (1888)
Takao at Yokosuka, October 1889
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Takao |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 30 October 1886 |
Launched | 15 October 1888 |
Completed | 16 November 1889 |
Stricken | 1 April 1911 |
Fate | Scrapped, 27 March 1912 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Unprotected cruiser |
Displacement | 1,750 long tons (1,778 t) |
Length | 69.9 m (229.3 ft) |
Beam | 10.4 m (34.1 ft) |
Draught | 3.9 m (12.8 ft) |
Installed power | 2,330 ihp (1,740 kW) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 Horizontal compound steam engines, 5 boilers |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 220 |
Armament |
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Takao (高雄) was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The name Takao comes from the Mount Takao, near Kyoto. Takao was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy primarily as an aviso or dispatch boat, for scouting, reconnaissance and the conveying of important messages.
Background
Takao was designed under the supervision of
Design
Takao was a steel-ribbed and steel-hulled vessel. It retained a full
Service record
Takao was
Takao was active in the
In 1900, Takao's rigging was removed, and weaponry modernized.
Considered obsolete by the time of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, Takao was assigned to rear guard patrols of Chemulpo harbor and Tsushima Strait, but was present with the rest of the Japanese fleet at the final decisive Battle of Tsushima.
The advent of
Notes
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