Naniwa-class cruiser

A Naniwa-class cruiser (right) in Honolulu Harbor, 1893–1894
Class overview
NameNaniwa class
BuildersArmstrong Mitchell, United Kingdom
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded byIzumi
Succeeded byUnebi
Built1884–1885
In commission1886–1914
Completed2
Lost2
General characteristics (as built)
TypeProtected cruiser
Displacement3,727 long tons (3,787 t)
Length320 ft (97.5 m) (o/a)
Beam46 ft (14 m)
Draught20 ft 3 in (6.2 m) (full load)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement338–342
Armament
Armour

The two Naniwa-class cruisers (浪速型防護巡洋艦, Naniwa-gata bōgojun'yōkan) were protected cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1880s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships herself, the vessels were built in Britain. Both ships participated in numerous actions during the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 and in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905.