ASAMA TYPE. AZUMA TYPE.
Displacement 9750. 9436.
Length 408 ft. 446 ft.
Beam 67 ft. 59 ft.
Draught (mean) 24¼ ft. 24½ ft.
Guns Four 8-in. Four 8-in.
Fourteen 6-in. Twelve 6-in.
Twelve 3-in. Twelve 3-in.
Seven 2½-pdrs. Twelve 1-pdrs., etc.
Torpedo tubes (submerged) Four. Four.
” ” (above water) One.[28] One.
[28] Not in Iwate and Idzumo.
All six have four of the 6-in. guns unprotected, the other 6-in. and
the 8-in. guns are in casemates and turrets (for the 8-in.).
All have 7-in. belts reduced to 3½ ins. forward, with 5-in. armour on
the lower deck side. Their decks reinforce the belts.
[Illustration: PLAN OF THE ASAMA.]
[Illustration: [_Photo, Steinitz._ YAKUMO.]
The Iwate, Idzumo, Azuma, and Yakumo have Belleville boilers, the other
two cylindrical. The type ship had very high horse-power; in the later
vessels this was reduced, and the saving effected spent in substituting
Krupp process armour for Harvey nickel on the sides.