Japanese cruiser Matsushima

Matsushima, flagship of the Japanese Navy in the Sino-Japanese War.
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Matsushima
Ordered	1886 Fiscal Year
Builder	Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
Laid down	17 February 1888
Launched	22 January 1890
Completed	5 April 1892
Stricken	31 July 1908
Fate	Sunk after accidental explosion 30 April 1908
General characteristics
Class and type	Matsushima-class cruiser
Displacement	4,217 long tons (4,285 t)
Length	91.81 m (301 ft 3 in) w/l
Beam	15.6 m (51 ft 2 in)
Draft	6.05 m (19 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft reciprocating; 6 boilers; 5,400 hp (4,000 kW), 680 tons coal
Speed	16.5 knots (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Complement	360
Armament	1 × 320 millimetres (12.6 inches) Canet gun 12 × QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV guns 6 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss 2 × 5 barrel Hotchkiss rotary 1-pounder guns 4 × 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Deck: 50 mm (2 in) Gun Turret: 300 mm (12 in) Gun shield: 100 mm (4 in)

Matsushima (松島, Pine Island) was a Matsushima-class protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Like her sister ships, (the Itsukushima and Hashidate) her name comes from one of the traditional Three Views of Japan, in this case, the Matsushima archipelago near Sendai in Miyagi prefecture.