An item referred to the Army and Navy Journal reporting that the 2-4.800 ton Japanese cruisers built at Nagasaki, Japan and Kobe, Japan were to be fitted out with respectively Curtis turbines or Parsons turbines. Both ships were to be completed in spring 1912 with a minimum speed of 26 miles and 22.500 ihp horsepower.(1)
Note
1. Probably the Chikuma-class protected cruisers Yahagi and Hirado with a displacement of 5.080 tons, preceded by the Yodo-class and succeeded by Tenryu-class. Yahagi launched by Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyards on 3 October 1911 and completed on 27 July 1912 and the Hirado launched by Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Kobe launched on 29 June 1911 and completed on 17 June 1912.
Note
1. Probably the Chikuma-class protected cruisers Yahagi and Hirado with a displacement of 5.080 tons, preceded by the Yodo-class and succeeded by Tenryu-class. Yahagi launched by Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyards on 3 October 1911 and completed on 27 July 1912 and the Hirado launched by Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Kobe launched on 29 June 1911 and completed on 17 June 1912.
