For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Yaeyama.
Yaeyama in the 1880s
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History
Empire of Japan
Name
Yaeyama
Ordered
1885 Fiscal Year
Builder
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan
Laid down
June 1887
Launched
March 1889
Completed
15 March 1890
Fate
Scrapped 1 April 1911
General characteristics
Type
Unprotected cruiser
Displacement
1,584 long tons (1,609 t)
Length
96.9 m (317 ft 11 in) w/l
Beam
10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Draught
4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
2-shaft, 6 boilers (8 after 1902), 5,630 hp (4,200 kW)
Speed
20.75 knots (23.88 mph; 38.43 km/h)
Range
5000 nm @ 10 knots
Capacity
350 tons coal
Complement
200
Armament
3 × QF 4.7 inch Guns
8 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss guns
2 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
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