Japanese Cruiser Izumo
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Construction started | May 14, 1898 |
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Launched | September 19, 1898 |
Speed | 20. 75 knots (38. 43 km/h; 23. 88 mph) |
Fate | Sunk by air attack, 24 July 1945; Scrapped, 1947 |
Namesake | Izumo Province |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth |
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ID | 2431224 |
About Japanese Cruiser Izumo
Izumo was the lead ship of her class of armored cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships herself, the ship was built in Britain.