Japanese cruiser Tsukushi

Japanese cruiser Tsukushi
History
Chile
Name	Arturo Prat
Builder	Armstrong
Laid down	10 February 1879
Launched	11 August 1880
Fate	Purchase cancelled, incomplete hull sold to Japan
Empire of Japan
Name	Tsukushi
Ordered	1883 Fiscal Year
Commissioned	18 June 1883
Stricken	26 May 1906
Fate	Scrapped 1910
General characteristics
Class and type	Tsukushi-class cruiser
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,370 t)
Length	64 m (210 ft)
Beam	9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Draught	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	reciprocating steam engine 2 shaft, 4 boilers 2,887 shp
Speed	16.5 knots (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Range	300 tons coal
Complement	186
Armament	2 × 254 mm guns (fore and aft) 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (side) 2 × 9-pounder guns 1 × Hotchkiss gun 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

Tsukushi (筑紫) was an early unprotected cruiser, serving in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy. Its name is a traditional name for Kyūshū island. Its sister ships Chaoyong and Yangwei were acquired by the Chinese Beiyang Fleet.