=Other Armoured Ships=: 11 Battleships (Aki, Satsuma, Kashima, Katori, Iwami, Mikasa, Hizen, Suwo, Sagami, Asahi, Shikishima, Fuji, Tango) completed 1898-1906, displacement 10,960-16,400 tons, 17-18½ knots, and armed with 12-in., 10-in., and 6-in. guns, also torpedo tubes. Thirteen Armoured Cruisers (Kurama, Ibuki, Ikoma, Tsukuba, Asama, Tokiwa, Idzumo, Iwate, Azuma, Yakuba, Aso, Kasūga, Nisshin) completed 1899-1910, displacement 7,700-14,600 tons, 20-24 knots, armed with 12-in. or 8-in. guns, 6-in. and 4·7-in. quick-firers, and torpedo tubes. =Protected Cruisers=: 20 Vessels (Chikuma, Hirado, Yahagi, Tone, Yodo, Mogami, Otowa, Tsushima, Nŭtaka, Soya, Tsuguru, Kasagi, Chitose, Akashi, Suma, Akitsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate, Chiyoda, Yaeyama), 1890-1912, 1,230 tons-6,600 tons, speed 18-25 knots. There are also 54 destroyers (completed 1898-1913), 42 torpedo-boats (1900-1905), and 15 submarines (1904-1914). British and German Naval Guns BRITISH. -------+-------+----------+----------+---------+--------- Calibre|Weight | Length | Weight | Muzzle | Muzzle of Gun.|(tons).| (in | of |Velocity | Energy in. | |calibres).|Projectile|(in foot-|(in foot- | | | (in lbs.)| seconds)| tons). -------+-------+----------+----------+---------+--------- 15 | 96 | 45 | 1,950 | 2,500 | 84,510 | | | | | | | {| 1,250 |} | 13·5 | 76 | 45 {| 1,400 |} 2,800 | 69,000 | | | | | 12 | 68 | 50 | 850 | 2,950 | 51,290 12 | 58 | 45 | 850 | 2,900 | 49,500 12 | 50 | 40 | 850 | 2,580 | 39,250 10 | 34 | 45 | 500 | 3,000 | 30,000 9·2 | 28 | 50 | 380 | 3,000 | 23,000 9·2 | 25 | 40 | 380 | 2,350 | 14,520 7·5 | 15½ | 50 | 200 | 3,000 | 12,500 7·5 | 14 | 45 | 200 | 2,600 | 9,300 6 | 8 | 50 | 100 | 3,000 | 6,000 6 | 7½ | 45 | 100 | 2,750 | 5,250 6 | 7 | 40 | 100 | 2,200 | 4,300 4·7 | 2 | 40 | 40 | 2,188 | -- 4 | 2 | 50 | 31 | 3,000 | 1,900 GERMAN.
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