"Naniva" - a Japanese armored carrier cruiser of the 2nd class, of the same type , participated in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russian-Japanese War of 1904 - 1905 (Naniva is the old name for Osaka Prefecture in Japan ).
| "Naniva" | |
|---|---|
| 艦 歴 | |
 The cruiser "Naniva" in 1898 | |
| Service | |
 Japan | |
| Named after | |
| Class and type of vessel | armored cruiser |
| Manufacturer | |
| Construction started | March 27, 1884 |
| Launched | March 18, 1885 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3650 t |
| Length | 91.4 m |
| Width | 14 m |
| Draft | 6.4 m |
| Reservation | deck: 51-76 mm (bevels) gun shields: 37 mm conning tower: 76 mm |
| Engines | 3 horizontal steam engines of the "compound" type 8 cylinder boilers |
| Power | 7120 h.p. |
| Mover | 3 screws |
| Speed | 18.5 knots maximum |
| Sailing range | 8,000 miles (10 knots) |
| Crew | 325-338 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 1,260 mm 6 × 1 150 mm 2 × 1 57 mm 10 37 mm mitralles of Nordenfeld 4 mitrallises of Gatling |
| Mine torpedo armament | 4 × 1 381 mm TA |
Laid down in Walker at the Armstrong shipyard on March 27, 1884, launched on March 18, 1885, and entered into service on December 1, 1885 . According to this project, 2 ships were built: “Naniva” and “ Takachiho ”
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Performance Specifications
Displacement of 3,650 tons, the power of a three-shaft triple expansion steam engine is 7,500 hp. (6 fire tube boilers), speed 18.7 knots. The length between the perpendiculars is 93.5 m, the width is 14 m, the draft is 5.65 m. Cruising range is 10,000 miles (10-knot course), coal reserves are 350 tons (maximum - 800 tons).
Reservation (armor- compound ): deck 51-76 mm, gun shields 38 mm, conning tower 51 mm.
Armament
- (1894): 2 - 259 mm, 6 - 152 mm (obsolete type), 12 - small-caliber rapid-fire guns;
- (as of the beginning of 1904): 8 - 152 mm / L40, 2 - 57 mm, 2 machine guns, 4 surface torpedo tubes.
Crew: 365 officers and sailors.
Service History
Sino-Japanese War
On July 25, 1894, Asan "Naniva" fired the first shot in the Sino-Japanese War against the Chinese cruiser Jiyuan (the captain of the 1st rank Heihatiro Togo was the commander of the Japanese cruiser at that time). According to the Japanese version, the Jiyuan fired a torpedo at the Naniva that did not explode. July 25, "Naniva" sank the British ship "Cushing", chartered by the Chinese government to transport troops to Korea . On September 17, 1894, the cruiser distinguished himself in battle at the mouth of the Yalu River .
Russo-Japanese War
By 1903, they were re-equipped with quick-firing 152-mm guns in deck-mounted shield installations, barbettes were dismantled. By the beginning of the war, the cruiser’s armament consisted of eight 152-mm guns, two 57-mm guns, two machine guns and four 356-mm surface torpedo tubes.
During the Russo-Japanese War (the cruiser commander, 1st-rank captain K. Wada) was the flagship of the 4th combat squad of the 2nd squadron (the squadron commander was Rear Admiral S. Uriu , and the squadron commander was Vice Admiral H. Kamimura ). On February 9, 1904, at the head of the detachment (reinforced by the Asama armored cruiser), he fought in Chemulpo with the Varyag and the Korean .
On August 13, 1904, the cruiser participated in the battle in the Korean Strait with the Russian cruisers of the Vladivostok detachment (in this battle the armored cruiser " Rurik " was killed).
On May 27-28, 1905, Naniva took part in the Tsushima battle .
Service Termination
Since 1907 - a mine layer. June 26, 1912 crashed on stones near the island of Urup . July 18, 1912 rescue operations were stopped, after which the cruiser finally sank. On August 5, 1912, he was expelled from the fleet.
Ship Commanders
- 1st-rank captain Tsunoda Hidematsu (Tsunoda, Hidematsu) - from May 15, 1889 to June 17, 1891 [1] .
- 1st rank captain Togo Heihachiro (Togo, Heihachiro) - from December 14, 1891 to April 23, 1894 [1]
- 1st rank captain Togo Heihachiro (Togo, Heihachiro) - from June 8, 1894 to February 16, 1895 [1] .
- 1st rank captain Ito Sakeyuki (伊 東 祐亨) - from April 23, 1885 to June 15, 1886 [1] .
- 1st rank captain Arai Aritsur (新 井 有 貫) - from June 17, 1891 to January 14, 1891 [1] .
- Captain 1st rank Kataoka, Sitiro (Kataoka, Shichiro) - from February 16 to December 27, 1895 [2] .
- Captain 1st rank Kurooka Tatewaki (Kurooka, Tatewaki) - from December 27, 1895 to December 27, 1897 [1] .
- Captain 1st rank Kano Yunoshin (Kano, Yunoshin) - from December 27, 1897 to January 22, 1898 [3] .
- 1st rank captain Endo Kitaro - from January 23 to March 1, 1898 [3] .
- 1st rank captain Hashimoto Masaaki (Hashimoto, Masaaki) - from March 1 to May 23, 1898 [3] .
- 1st rank captain Misu Sotaro - from May 23 to December 3, 1898 [3] .
- 1st rank captain Saito Koshi - from September 25, 1900 to December 6, 1900 [4] .
- 1st rank captain Yasuhara Kinji (Yasuhara, Kinji) - from December 6, 1900 to July 6, 1901 [3] .
- Captain 1st Rank Yoshimatsu Motaro (Yoshimatsu, Motaro) - from July 6 to September 10, 1901 [4] .
- 1st rank captain Nomoto Tsunaakira (Nomoto, Tsunaakira) - from September 10, 1901 to October 6, 1902 [4] .
- captain 1st rank Ijichi Suetaka (Ijichi, Suetaka) - from October 6, 1902 to September 26, 1903 [4] .
- Captain 1st Rank Wada Kensuke (Wada, Kensuke) - from October 15, 1903 to June 14, 1905 [5] .
- 1st-rank captain Hirose Katsuhiko (Hirose, Katsuhiko) - from June 14 to August 31, 1905 [6] .
- 1st-rank captain Sando Taketeru (Sendo, Taketeru) - from August 31 to December 12, 1905 [6] .
- 1st rank captain Yusida Juzaburo (Ushida, Juzaburo) - from December 12, 1905 to December 29, 1905 [7] .
- 1st rank captain Kamizumi Tokuya (Kamiizumi, Tokuya) - from December 29, 1905 to January 24, 1906 [7] .
- Captain 1st rank Kubota Hikoshichi (Kubota, Hikoshichi) - from December 24, 1906 to August 28, 1908 [8] .
- Captain 1st rank Hara Seigo (Hara, Seigo) - from December 1, 1910 to December 1, 1911 [9] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Materials of IJN (Deck officers, in the cradle era) (link not available) . Date of treatment May 24, 2011. Archived December 4, 2012.