Asama class cruiser

The two Ordered in 1897, launched 22 March 1898, and completed 18 March 1899, the "Asama" participated in the Boxer Rebellion, Russo-Japanese War and World War I. It later served as a training ship, and stripped of its weaponry, as a floating barracks. It survived World War II, and was scrapped in 1947.;Ordered in 1897, launched 6 July 1898, and completed 18 May 1899, the "Tokiwa" participated in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. It later served as a training ship, and was then converted into a minelayer and subsequently saw service in the Pacific War. Beached after being damaged by an air attack on 9 August 1945, it was scrapped in 1947.

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