JAPANESE FLEET -----------------+------+----+-----+-----+---------------------------------- |Tonnage. | |Heavy Guns. | | |Quick-firers. | | | |Machine Guns. Ships. | | | | | Notes. -----------------+------+----+-----+-----+---------------------------------- N {_Yoshino_ | 4150 | -- | 44 | -- |Swiftest ship in either fleet: e { | | | | | speed 23 knots; 2-inch w c{ | | | | | steel protective deck. Built r{ | | | | | by Armstrong. p u{ | | | | {|2-inch steel protective deck. r i{_Matsushima_ |} {| 12 | 16 | 6 {| Barbette forward covered o s{_Ikitsushima_|}4277{| 12 | 16 | 6 {| with 12-inch armour, and t e{_Hashidate_ |} {| 12 | 16 | 15 {| armed with a long Canet e r{ | | | | {| 12 1/2-inch gun. c s{ t {_Takachico_ |}3650{| 8 | -- | 12 {|3-inch steel protective deck. e {_Naniwa Kan_ |} {| 8 | -- | 12 {| Speed 18 knots. d {_Akitsushima_| 3150 | 1 | 12 | 10 |2 1/2-inch steel protective deck. | | | | | One long 12 1/2-inch Canet gun. _Chiyoda_ | 2450 | -- | 24 | 13 |Small partly armoured cruiser; | | | | | 4 1/2-inch armoured belt over | | | | | two-thirds of length; 1-inch | | | | | steel protective deck. _Fuso_ | 3718 | 6 | -- | 8 |4 1/2-in. armour belt } | | | | | amidships. } Old _Hiyei_ | 2200 | 9 | -- | -- {|7-in. armour belt. } ironclads | | | | {|9-in. armour on } launched | | | | {| battery. } 1877-8. _Akagi_ | 615 | 2 | -- | 2 |Gunboat. _Saikio Maru_| 600 | -- | (?) | -- |Armed merchant steamer carrying | | | | | only a few small quick-firers. | |----|-----|-----| | | 70 | 128 | 84 | -----------------+------+----+-----+-----+----------------------------------