Japanese cruiser Yaeyama

Yaeyama (八重山) was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The name Yaeyama comes from the Yaeyama Islands, the southernmost of the three island groups making up current Okinawa prefecture. Yaeyama was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy primarily as an aviso (dispatch boat) for scouting, reconnaissance and delivery of high priority messages.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Yaeyama.

Yaeyama in the 1880s
History
Empire of Japan
NameYaeyama
Ordered1885 Fiscal Year
BuilderYokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan
Laid downJune 1887
LaunchedMarch 1889
Completed15 March 1890
FateScrapped 1 April 1911
General characteristics
TypeUnprotected cruiser
Displacement1,584 long tons (1,609 t)
Length96.9 m (317 ft 11 in) w/l
Beam10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Draught4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion2-shaft, 6 boilers (8 after 1902), 5,630 hp (4,200 kW)
Speed20.75 knots (23.88 mph; 38.43 km/h)
Range5000 nm @ 10 knots
Capacity350 tons coal
Complement200
Armament
  • 3 × QF 4.7 inch Guns
  • 8 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss guns
  • 2 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
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