Japanese cruiser Tsushima

Tsushima in 1905
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Tsushima
Ordered	Fiscal Year of 1897
Builder	Kure Naval Arsenal
Laid down	1 October 1901
Launched	15 December 1902
Completed	14 February 1904
Stricken	1936
Fate	Expended as a torpedo target, 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Niitaka-class cruiser
Displacement	3,366 long tons (3,420 t)
Length	102 m (334 ft 8 in) w/l
Beam	13.44 m (44 ft 1 in)
Draft	4.92 m (16 ft 2 in)
Installed power	9,500 ihp (7,100 kW)
Propulsion	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 16 × Niclausse boilers 2 × screws 600 tons coal
Speed	20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement	287–320
Armament	6 × 15.2 cm (6 in)/40 naval guns 10 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval guns 4 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss guns
Armor	Deck: 76 mm (3 in) Conning tower: 100 mm (4 in)

Tsushima (対馬) was a Niitaka-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The vessel was a sister ship to Niitaka and was named for Tsushima Province, one of the ancient provinces of Japan, and corresponding to the strategic island group between Japan and Korea.