Japanese cruiser Yakumo
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Yakumo was an armored cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships itself, the ship was built in Germany. She particip
Yakumo at anchor in Kure, 8 April 1905
Yakumo at anchor, 1900
Japanese postcard of Yakumo, circa 1905
Yakumo at anchor in Australia during her 1928 cadet cruise
Japanese cruiser Azuma
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Azuma was an armored cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships itself, the ship was built in France. She participat
Japanese cruiser Yakumo
…at 15:35 at a range of about 2,000 meters (6,600 ft). All of Kamimura's ships engaged her for five minutes or so, with Yakumo and the armored cruiser Azuma also firing torpedoes at the Russian ship without effect. After 17:30 Kamimura led his division in a fruitless pursuit of some of the Russian cruisers…
Azuma at anchor, Portsmouth, 1900
A postcard of Azuma at anchor, circa 1905
Azuma at anchor in Australia, 1910s