Tokiwa 9,750 18,000 21.5 6--6 3,568 Asama 9,750 18,000 21.5 6--6 3,568 Yakuma 9,850 16,000 20.0 6--6 3,368 Adzuma 9,436 17,000 21.0 6--6 3,368 Idzumo 9,800 15,000 24.7 6--6 3,568 Iwate 9,800 15,000 24.7 6--6 3,568 PROTECTED CRUISERS. Takasago 4,300 15,500 24.0 4-1/2--2 800 Kasagi 4,784 15,500 22.5 4-1/2 800 Chitose 4,784 15,500 22.5 4-1/2 800 Itsukushima 4,277 5,400 16.7 11--4 1,260 Hashidate 4,277 5,400 16.7 11--4 1,260 Matsushima 4,277 5,400 16.7 11--4 1,260 Yoshino 4,180 15,750 23.0 -- 780 Naniwa 3,727 7,120 17.8 -- 1,196 Takachiho 3,727 7,120 17.8 -- 1,196 Akitsushima 3,150 8,400 19.0 -- 780 Niitaka 3,420 9,500 20.0 -- 920 Tsushima 3,420 9,500 20.0 -- 920 Suma 3,700 8,500 20.0 -- 335 Akashi 2,700 8,500 20.0 -- 335 [Sidenote: New and Efficient] The table, it will be observed, does not include a number of coast defence vessels, nor--more important for offensive purposes--the torpedo flotilla, which is of great strength and of remarkable efficiency, and includes over a score of 30-knot destroyers of the most modern type. The first four battleships in the list were completed less than two years before the war, while the armored cruisers were built between 1899 and 1901. The protected cruisers include several of the vessels that defeated the Chinese fleet at the battle of the Yalu. [Sidenote: Japan's Dockyards] For the accommodation of her fleet Japan possesses four well-equipped dockyards, capable not only of repairing damaged vessels of any class, but of constructing new ones; and this is, perhaps, the greatest advantage which the island kingdom has over Russia in the present struggle. [Sidenote: Opposing Figures] The naval strength of Russia in the Far East at the outbreak of hostilities is shown in the tabular statement appearing on page 44, which, again, does not include vessels of the smallest class nor the torpedo-boat flotilla. [Sidenote: Russian Navy]