Chikuma-Class Protected Cruisers
Eight-Gun Protected Cruisers - Chikuma-class were early Japanese protected cruisers. 3 ships commissioned 1912. Medium-sized (4,950 tons), coal-fired, eight 6-inch guns. 26 knots. WWI Pacific operations. Training ships 1920s. All three scrapped 1931-1936 (obsolete, treaty limits). None survived to WWII. Heavier armed than Hirado-class but same limitations (coal, slow, obsolete). Represented pre-WWI protected cruiser peak before modern light cruisers.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 5000 t
- Displacement (full)
- 5440 t
- Length
- 440 ft
- Beam
- 46.6 ft
- Crew
- 405
- Ships built
- 3
- Commissioned
- 1912
- Decommissioned
- 1931-1936 (all scrapped)
Performance
- Top speed
- 26 kn
- Range
- 5000 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 152mm (6-inch) - single mounts
- Secondary guns
- 6× 76mm (3-inch)
- Torpedoes
- 3× 533mm (21-inch) submerged tubes
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (protected cruiser - deck armor only)
- Deck
- 2 inches (51mm)
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 37.24
- Research cost
- 7,374
- Credit cost
- 26,068
Notable
- Early Japanese protected cruisers (1910s)
- Eight 6-inch guns (more than Hirado-class)
- WWI Pacific service
- All three scrapped 1931-1936 (obsolete, treaty limits)
- None survived to WWII
- Last pre-WWI protected cruiser design