only minimal damage. At the end of the First World War she was classed as obsolete, but later during 1922–23 was refitted as a training ship and used in this role for many years. She was still in use as training ship/repair and depot ship during the Second World War but was finally torpedoed on 25 May 1942 by USS Salmon (two hits) and sank slowly. She is shown here outside Portsmouth Harbour shortly after completion in the autumn of 1900.
Displacement: 9,326 tons normal load
Dimensions: Length: 452ft oa; Beam: 59ft 6in; Draught: 23ft 8in
Armament: 4 × 8in 40cal; 12 × 6in 40cal; 12 × 12pdr; 12 × 3pdr; TT: 5 × 18in
Armour: Main belt: 7in–3½in; Barbettes: 6in; Turrets: 6in (faces); Decks: 2½in–1in; Conning tower: 14in
Machinery: Two sets vertical triple-expansion engines driving two screws, twenty-four Belleville boilers
Designed SHP: 17,000 for 20 knots
Fuel: 600 tons coal normal, 1,275 tons max
Complement: 482
Laid down: 1898, Loire, St-Nazaire
Launched: 24 June 1899
Completed: July 1900
Fate: Badly damaged by US aircraft at Yokosuka on 18 July 1945 and broken up after the war
Azuma as completed summer 1922
A French-built armoured cruiser and she certainly looked it. Azuma was, however, reconstructed before 1914 when her French-looking funnels were replaced by tall fittings. Her fighting-tops were removed, air cowls taken out, a new control top fitted to her foremast and her net defence was removed. Note the large shields to the guns in the tops and the rounded bow with torpedo tube at the waterline.
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