Background
Izumo was one of six armored cruisers ordered to overseas shipyards after the First Sino-Japanese War as part of the "Six-Six Program" (six battleships-six cruisers) intended to be the backbone of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Four of the cruisers in this project were built in Elswick, in the United Kingdom by Armstrong Whitworth, and Izumo was the first ship of the second pair ordered to Armstrong Whitworth.
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