Japanese Cruiser Yoshino

Japanese Cruiser Yoshino

Yoshino (吉野?) was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Yoshino is sometimes regarded as a sister ship to the Takasago, although the two vessels are of different classes. The name Yoshino comes from the Yoshino mountains, located in the southern portion of Nara prefecture. She played an important role in the First Sino-Japanese War, but was sunk in the Russo-Japanese War after being rammed by Japanese armored cruiser Kasuga in dense fog.