Japanese cruiser Hirado
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Hirado (平戸) was the third and final vessel built of the Chikuma-class protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Hirado had two sister ships, Chikuma and Yahagi. She was named for after the island of Hirado, Nagasaki.
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Name | Hirado |
Namesake | Hirado, Nagasaki |
Ordered | 1907 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Kobe |
Laid down | 10 August 1910 |
Launched | 29 June 1911 |
Commissioned | 17 June 1912 |
Stricken | 1 April 1940 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1947 |
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Class and type | Chikuma-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 5,040 long tons (5,121 t) |
Length | 144.8 m (475 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) |
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Speed | 26 knots (30 mph; 48 km/h) |
Range | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
Complement | 414 |
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