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Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Japanese battle cruisers Amagi and Akagi nearly completed according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 4 August 1919

Amagi-class battle cruisers

Akagi

An item referred to the Japan Chronicle which reported that the two battle cruisers built at the shipyards at Kure and Yokosuka, Japan and at the disposal of the navy the same year were to be named Amagi and Akagi and probably completed begin 1920.(1)

Note
1. The Amagi-class succeeded by the Kongo-class of which the Akagi was completed as an aircraft carrier. The Amagi was heavily damaged during the earthquake in Tokyo, Japan in September 1923 and broken up. The Atago and Takao broken up in their slipways. Displacement 41.217 (normal)-47.000 (full load) tons, dimensions 251,8 x 30,8 x 9,5 metres or 826 x 10 x 31 feet, speed 30 knots and an armament of 5x2-41cm L/45 guns, 16-14cm L/50 guns, 6-12cm/4.7” anti aircraft guns and 8-61cm/24” torpedo tubes.