Japanese cruiser Iwate

	A postcard of Iwate at anchor, 1905
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Iwate
Namesake	Mount Iwate
Ordered	19 July 1898
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth, United Kingdom
Laid down	11 November 1898
Launched	29 March 1900
Completed	18 March 1901
Reclassified	1st-class coast-defense ship, 1 September 1921; 1st-class cruiser, 1 July 1942; As training ship, 1943;
Stricken	30 November 1945
Fate	Sunk by air attack, 25 July 1945; Raised and scrapped, 1946–1947;
General characteristics
Class and type	Izumo-class armored cruiser
Displacement	9,423 t (9,274 long tons)
Length	132.28 m (434 ft) (o/a)
Beam	20.94 m (68 ft 8 in)
Draft	7.21 m (23 ft 8 in)
Installed power	24 Belleville boilers; 14,500 ihp (10,800 kW);
Propulsion	2 Shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	20.75 knots (38.43 km/h; 23.88 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	672
Armament	2 × twin 8 in (203 mm) guns; 14 × single QF 6 in (152 mm) guns; 12 × single 12 pdr 3 in (76 mm) guns; 8 × single QF 2.5 pdr (1.5 in (38 mm)) Yamauchi guns; 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Waterline belt: 89–178 mm (3.5–7.0 in); Deck: 63 mm (2.5 in); Gun turret: 160 mm (6.3 in); Barbette: 152 mm (6.0 in); Casemate: 51–152 mm (2.0–6.0 in); Conning tower: 356 mm (14.0 in); Bulkhead: 127 mm (5.0 in);

Iwate (磐手) was the second and last Izumo-class armored cruiser (Sōkō jun'yōkan) built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships herself, the ship was built in Britain. She participated in most of the naval battles of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. The ship was moderately damaged during the Battle of Port Arthur, the Battle off Ulsan, and the Battle of Tsushima. Iwate played a minor role in World War I and began the first of her many training cruises for naval cadets in 1916, a task that would last until the end of 1939. The ship continued to conduct training in home waters throughout the Pacific War. Iwate was sunk by American carrier aircraft during the attack on Kure in July 1945. Her wreck was refloated and scrapped in 1946–1947.

History
A postcard of Iwate at anchor, 1905
Empire of Japan
Name	Iwate
Namesake	Mount Iwate
Ordered	19 July 1898
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth, United Kingdom
Laid down	11 November 1898
Launched	29 March 1900
Completed	18 March 1901
Reclassified	1st-class coast-defense ship, 1 September 1921 1st-class cruiser, 1 July 1942 As training ship, 1943
Stricken	30 November 1945
Fate	Sunk by air attack, 25 July 1945 Raised and scrapped, 1946–1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Izumo-class armored cruiser
Displacement	9,423 t (9,274 long tons)
Length	132.28 m (434 ft) (o/a)
Beam	20.94 m (68 ft 8 in)
Draft	7.21 m (23 ft 8 in)
Installed power	24 Belleville boilers 14,500 ihp (10,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 Shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	20.75 knots (38.43 km/h; 23.88 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	672
Armament	2 × twin 8 in (203 mm) guns 14 × single QF 6 in (152 mm) guns 12 × single 12 pdr 3 in (76 mm) guns 8 × single QF 2.5 pdr (1.5 in (38 mm)) Yamauchi guns 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Waterline belt: 89–178 mm (3.5–7.0 in) Deck: 63 mm (2.5 in) Gun turret: 160 mm (6.3 in) Barbette: 152 mm (6.0 in) Casemate: 51–152 mm (2.0–6.0 in) Conning tower: 356 mm (14.0 in) Bulkhead: 127 mm (5.0 in)