Fuso (Armadillo)

Fuso
扶桑
Service
	Japan
Class and type of vessel	armadillo
Manufacturer	Samuda Brothers , London
Construction started	September 24, 1875
Launched	April 14, 1877
Commissioned	January 1878
Withdrawn from the fleet	April 1, 1908
Status	scrapped in 1910
Main characteristics
Displacement	3 717 t standard
Length	67.06 m
Width	14.63 m
Draft	5.49 m
Reservation	belt: 102—229 mm; casemate: 203 mm; traverses: 178 mm
Engines	8 boilers; 2 triple expansion steam engines
Power	3 932 h.p.
Mover	2
Speed	13 knots maximum; 10 knots cruising
Sailing range	4,500 miles
Crew	250
Armament
Artillery	4 × 240 mm; 2 × 170 mm; 6 × 76 mm; 1 Nordenfeld machine gun

"Fuso" ( Jap. 扶桑 ) - Japanese battleship casemate type .

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Service History

It was ordered in accordance with the fleet expansion program from 1875 . It was built in 1875-1878 at the shipyards of the British company Samuda Brothers . The prototype for him was the British battleship Iron Duke , who served as the British flagship at the Chinese Station in 1871-1875 and is well known to the Japanese military. In 1894, a partial modernization took place.

Sino-Japanese War

He took an active part in the Sino-Japanese war and was injured in the battle on the Yalu River .

The interwar period

In 1898 - 1899 he underwent another modernization, and in 1903 he was reclassified into an armadillo of coastal defense .

Russo-Japanese War

He took part in the blockade of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War .

Service Termination

December 12, 1905 "Fuso" was reclassified into a coastal defense ship of the 2nd class. April 1, 1908 "Fuso" was removed from the lists of the fleet. In 1909, the ship was sold and in 1910 dismantled for scrap ^[1] .

Ship Commanders

1st rank captain Matsumura Junzo (井上良馨) - from August 19, 1879 to July 7, 1882 ^[2] .
1st rank captain Fukushima Takanori (福島敬典) - from July 7 to August 19, 1882 ^[2] .
1st-rank captain Inoue Yoshika (井上良馨) - from August 20, 1882 to February 8, 1884 ^[2] .
1st rank captain Ito Sakeyuki (伊東祐亨) - from February 8, 1884 to February 6, 1885 ^[2] .
1st-rank captain Inoue Yoshika (井上良馨) - from January 6 to January 29, 1886 ^[2] .
captain of the 2nd rank / captain of the 1st rank (from April 7, 1886 ) Kodama Toshikuni (児玉利国) - from January 29 to July 14, 1886 ^[2] .
1st rank captain Yamazaki Kagenori (Yamazaki, Kagenori 山崎景則) - from July 14, 1886 to June 14, 1888 ^[2] .
1st rank captain Arai Aritsur (新井有貫) - from June 14, 1888 to May 15, 1889 ^[2] .
1st rank captain Takino Naotoshi (瀧野直俊) - from May 15, 1889 to May 13, 1890 ^[2] .
1st-rank captain Samejima Kazunori (鮫島員規) - from May 13, 1890 to June 17, 1891 ^[2] .
1st rank captain Sato Shizuo (佐藤鎮雄) - from June 17 to November 17, 1891 ^[2] .
1st rank captain Arai Aritsur (新井有貫) - from July 8, 1894 to November 18, 1895 ^[2] .
1st rank captain Shimazaki Yoshitada (島崎好忠) - from June 5, 1896 to November 26, 1896 ^[3] .
1st rank captain Kamimura Sonojo (上村正之丞) - from November 26, 1896 to June 1, 1897 ^[4] .
1st rank captain Uriu Sotokiti (瓜生外吉) - from June 1 to December 28, 1897 ^[2] .
1st rank captain Narukawa Hakaru (成川揆) - from June 7 to August 6, 1900 ^[5] .
Captain 1st Rank Imai Kanemasa (今井兼昌) - from August 6 to November 6, 1900 ^[6] .
1st rank captain Narita Katsuro (成田勝郎) - from July 5, 1901 to March 13, 1902 ^[6] .
captain of the 2nd rank Okumiya Mamoru (奥宮衛) - from December 28, 1902 to January 12, 1903 ^[7] .
2nd-rank captain Kimura Kokichi (木村浩吉) - from January 12 to July 7, 1903 ^[8] .
1st rank captain Nagai Gunkichi (Nagai, Gunkichi) - from January 11, 1905 to December 12, 1905 ^[9] .
1st-rank captain Tsukiyama Kiyotomo (Tsukiyama, Kiyotomo) - from May 2, 1907 to April 1, 1908 ^[9] .
captain of the 2nd rank (from June 28, 1906 - captain of the 1st rank) Tsuchiyama Tetsuzo - from December 12, 1905 to May 2, 1907 ^[10] .

Notes

↑ Materials of IJN (Vessels - Fuso ironclad) (link not available)
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ Materials of IJN (Deck officers, in the cradle era) (unspecified) (link not available) . Date of treatment May 25, 2011. Archived December 4, 2012.
↑ Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 2nd) (unopened) (link not available) . Date of treatment May 22, 2011. Archived December 5, 2012.
↑ Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 3rd) (link not available)
↑ Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 6th) (neopr.) (Link not available) . Date of treatment May 22, 2011. Archived on July 8, 2013.
↑ ¹ ² Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 7th) Archived on September 4, 2013.
↑ Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 10th) (link not available)
↑ Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 9th) (link not available)
↑ ¹ ² Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 11th) (link not available)
↑ Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 12th) (link not available)

Literature

Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 / E. Gardiner, R. Chesnau, EM Kolesnik. - London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979.- 448 p. - ISBN 0-85177-133-5 .
Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921 / E. Gardiner, R. Gray. - London: Conway Maritime Press, 1985 .-- 439 p. - ISBN 0-85177-245-5 .

[Fuso-1] Materials of IJN (Vessels - Fuso ironclad) (link not available)

[De1-2] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ Materials of IJN (Deck officers, in the cradle era) (unspecified) (link not available) . Date of treatment May 25, 2011. Archived December 4, 2012.

[Graduates_of_Naval_Academy_class_2nd-3] Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 2nd) (unopened) (link not available) . Date of treatment May 22, 2011. Archived December 5, 2012.

[Graduates_of_Naval_Academy_class_3rd-4] Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 3rd) (link not available)

[Graduates_of_Naval_Academy_class_6th-5] Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 6th) (neopr.) (Link not available) . Date of treatment May 22, 2011. Archived on July 8, 2013.

[Graduates_of_Naval_Academy_class_7th-6] ¹ ² Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 7th) Archived on September 4, 2013.

[Graduates_of_Naval_Academy_class_10th-7] Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 10th) (link not available)

[Graduates_of_Naval_Academy_class_9th-8] Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 9th) (link not available)

[Graduates_of_Naval_Academy_class_11th-9] ¹ ² Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 11th) (link not available)

[Graduates_of_Naval_Academy_class_12th-10] Materials of IJN (Graduates of Naval Academy class 12th) (link not available)