Armored Cruiser Iwate | World War II Database

Iwate

Country	Japan
Ship Class	Izumo-class Armored Cruiser
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Laid Down	1 Nov 1898
Launched	29 Mar 1900
Commissioned	18 Mar 1901
Sunk	26 Jul 1945
Displacement	9906 tons standard; 10395 tons full
Length	434 feet
Beam	69 feet
Draft	24 feet
Machinery	Multi-expansion engines, 24 boilers, 2 shafts
Bunkerage	1412 tons coal
Power Output	14500 SHP
Speed	21 knots
Range	7,000nm at 10 knots
Crew	648
Armament	4x203mm guns, 14x152mm guns, 12x12pdr guns, 8x2.5pdr guns, 4x450mm torpedo tubes
Armor	88-175mm main belt, 125mm upper belt, 67mm deck, 150mm turret, 150mm casemate, 356mm conning tower
Aircraft	1

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

Armored cruiser Iwate was built by the British near the turn of the century. During the Russo-Japanese war, she was the flagship of Admiral Shimamura Hayao of the Second Battle Division of the 2nd Fleet; in that war, she participated in the Battle of Tsushima on 26 May 1905. During WW1, she served with the 2nd Fleet's 4th Squadron as its flagship, and escorted Allied convoys between Singapore and the Suez Canal in Egypt. On 1 Sep 1921, she was reclassified a 1st Class coastal defense vessel and operated in the Japanese home islands for the following several years. In Nov 1924, she was a part of the Japanese naval delegation sent to Brazil to participate in the ceremonies for Brazil's 100th anniversary of independence. On 1 Feb 1940, she was assigned to the 12th Squadron of the 3rd Support Fleet and acted as a training ship for the duration of the Pacific War. She was sunk by American carrier aircraft at Kure, Japan near the end of the war. Her wreck was raised in 1947 for scrapping.

Source: Wikipedia.

Iwate Operational Timeline

18 Mar 1901

Iwate was commissioned into service.

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