Chikuma-class cruiser

Construction: 5,000 t Standard: 4,400 t

Lpp: 134.11 m KWL: 140,50 m

14.20 m

5.11 m (design displacement )

35 officers 378 teams

22,500 PSW sixteen Kansei boiler later six Kampon boiler two screws Curtis turbines ( Yahagi: four screws Parsons turbines)

26 kn

2,650 sm at 12 kn

1,000 tons of coal 300 tonnes of oil

8 x 15.2 - cm L/45 4 x 7.6 - cm L/40 (later reduced) later 2 x 8- cm Flak L/40 3 x above water torpedo tubes ∅ 45.7 - cm

Material: Krupp steel Deck: 57 mm Conning tower: 89 mm

The Chikuma - class with its three units Chikuma (Japanese筑 摩, launched April 1, 1911 ), Hirado (平 戸, June 29, 1911 English transcribing most Hirato ) and Yahagi (矢 矧3 October 1911) was the last class Small protected cruiser (later light cruiser; japanese nito Junyōkan ( cruiser class II ) ), which were built for the Japanese Navy before the First world War.

History and use

All three ships were involved in 1914 in the hunt for the German East Asia squadron of Vice- Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee. In the course of the Chikuma with other Japanese warships participated also in search of the SMS Emden in the Indian Ocean. 1917 Chikuma and Hirado were sent at the request of the British Admiralty to Australia and New Zealand to protect trade routes.

The Chikuma in 1924 assigned the reserve placed out of service in 1931 and scrapped in 1935. The Hirado and the Yahagi were scrapped in 1940 schools and barges and both after the war in 1947.