JAPANESE CRUISERS.
■—•—li TO VISIT AUSTRALIA, By Teloeraoh—Press Association—Oopyritfht (Rec. December 30, 8.45 p.m.) Brisbane, December 80. . The Japanese cruisers Azuma and Soya' will visit the Commonwealth shortly.' The Azuma (generally referred to, erroneously, as the Adzuma) is ti 20-knot armoured cruiser, nankins four '8-inch . , guns and twelve 6-inch .guns as her privmnry armament. The Soya is a Japaness protected cruiser, captured from the Russians in the late war. She .was sunk at Chemulpo in February, 190-1, and ' salved by. the Jnpaneso in August of the following year. Her primary armament consists of twelve C-inch guns.' '
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1635, 31 December 1912, Page 5
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96JAPANESE CRUISERS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1635, 31 December 1912, Page 5
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