Japanese Cruiser Tsukuba
- belt: 100-180 mm
- barbette & turret: 180 mm
- conning tower: 200 mm
- deck: 75 mm
Tsukuba (筑波?) was the lead ship of the two-ship Tsukuba-class of armoured cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Tsukuba was named after Mount Tsukuba located in Ibaraki prefecture north of Tokyo. On August 28, 1912, Kurama and its sister ship Ikoma were re-classified as battlecruisers by the Japanese navy.
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