JAPANESE SQUADRON
ARRIVAL AT MELBOURiNE. OFFICIAL WELCOME TENDERED. Ptms Aaaoolfttion—By Telegraph—Copytte** MELBOURNE. January 10. (Received Jan. 10, at 10.55 p.m.) The Japanese squadron has arrived, and was officially welcomed. The visiting Japanese training squadron consists of three vessels—the Asama, the Iwate, and the Yakumo. The Asama is a cruiser of 9700 tons displacement. She was built at Elswick in 1899, and is 400 ft in length, with a draught of 24ft. She carries four Sin guns and 14 Sin guns, besides 12 12-pounders and eight 2|pounders. She is equal to a speed of 22 knots. The Iwate was also built at Elswick in 1900, and is of 9750 tons displacement, her armament consisting of four Sin guns and 14 6in guns. Her engines give a speed of 22 knots. The Yakumo, built at Stettin, Germany, in 1901, is of 9850 tons, and has a length of 407 ft. With engines of 16,000 horsepower she has a speed of 20 knots. The Yakumo is fitted with four Sin guns, 12 6in guns, besides 12 12-pounders. All three ships are equipped with submarine torpedo tubes.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19066, 11 January 1924, Page 7
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