Japanese cruiser Tsushima
- Japanese cruiser Tsushima
, , and the battleship "Hizen", it engaged in the pursuit of the German Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee's German East Asia Squadron.
In February 1915, the Japanese Navy also helped suppress a mutiny by Indian sepoys in Singapore, sending 158 marines from the cruisers and "Tsushima".
From mid-1915 to 1918, "Tsushima" and its sister ship "Niitaka", were permanently based at the Cape of Good Hope, assist the Royal Navy in patrolling the sea lanes linking Europe to the east.
After the end of World War I, "Tsushima" was part of the Japanese fleet participating in the Siberian Intervention to help the White Russian forces against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
On 1 September 1921, "Tsushima" was re-designated as 2nd Class Coastal Defense Vessel. "Tsushima" was re-armed in 1922 to carry six 152 mm and eight 12-pounder guns, but later an extra l2-pounder anti-aircraft gun was added. "Tsushima's" primary patrol area was along the China coast.
"Tsushima" was partially disarmed in 1930, and struck from the Navy List in 1936. Re-designated as a training hulk "Hai Kan No. 10" at Yokosuka until 1 April 1939, it was expended offshore Miura, Kanagawa as a torpedo target in 1944.
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References
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* Schencking, J. Charles. "Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, And The Emergence Of The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922". Stanford University Press (2005). ISBN 0804749779
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