Japanese cruiser Tatsuta (1894)

Tatsuta (龍田) was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The name Tatsuta comes from the Tatsuta River, near Nara. Tatsuta was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy primarily as an aviso (dispatch boat) used for scouting, reconnaissance and delivery of priority messages.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese cruiser Tatsuta.

Tatsuta, photo by Armstrong Whitworth
History
Empire of Japan
NameTatsuta
Ordered1891 Fiscal Year
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth, UK
Laid down7 April 1893
Launched6 April 1894
Completed31 July 1894
Decommissioned1 April 1916
Reclassified9 December 1916
Stricken26 March 1926
FateScrapped 6 April 1926
General characteristics
Class and typenone
TypeUnprotected cruiser
Displacement650 long tons (660 t)
Length77.1 m (253.0 ft)
Beam8.38 m (27.5 ft)
Draft2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion2-shaft reciprocating VTE, 5,069 ihp (3,780 kW), 200 tons coal
Speed21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h)
Complement100
Armament
  • 2 × QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IVs
  • 4 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss guns
  • 5 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes
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