Japanese cruiser Takao (1888)

Takao at Yokosuka, October 1889
History
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	4 × 15 cm (5.9 in) L/35 Krupp guns 1 × QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV gun 1 × QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss gun 2 × quadruple 1-inch Nordenfelt guns 2 × 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes

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.