Tatsuta is a Japanese armored cruiser, actually a torpedo gunboat . It was urgently ordered in the UK instead of the deceased Chisima in order to catch the war with China. Initially, it was single-tube and carried 5 torpedo tubes. On the way to Japan, it was confiscated and returned only in December 1896.
| Tatsuta | |
|---|---|
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| Service | |
 Japan | |
| Named after | |
| Class and type of vessel | Advise |
| Port of registry | Yokosuka |
| Manufacturer | |
| Construction started | January 1893 |
| Launched | April 6, 1894 |
| Commissioned | July 24, 1894 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | In 1918, converted into a submarine floating base and renamed the "Nagaura-maru." |
| Status | Scrapped in 1925. |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 864 t |
| Length | 73.1 m |
| Width | 8.38 m |
| Draft | 2.9 m |
| Engines | 4 cyl. boiler, from 1903 - 4 Kanpon boilers, three smoke. pipes. |
| Power | 5000 l with. |
| Speed | 21 knots |
| Sailing range | 3,000 miles (10 knots) |
| Crew | 125 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 120 mm / 40, 4 × 47 mm / 40, from 1903 - 2 × 120 mm / 40, 4 × 76 mm / 40 |
| Mine torpedo armament | 5 × 356 mm torpedo tubes, from 1903 - 2 × 457 mm torpedo tubes |
Since 1898 - a messenger ship ( advice note ). In 1903, it was completely reconstructed and re-equipped. He participated in the blockade of Port Arthur. On May 2 (15), 1904 , having Rear Admiral Nasib and his headquarters aboard the battleship “ Hatsuse ” rescued from the deceased, he landed on stones off the island of Eliot, but was removed and repaired by September.
In 1918 it became a floating base and a repair ship for submarines and was renamed " Nagaura-Maru ".
In 1925, disassembled for metal.