Izumo was the lead ship of the Izumo-class, the final model of six armored cruisers built under the Six-Six Fleet Plan. It was completed on September 25, 1900, at Armstrong's Elsick Works in the UK. During the Russo-Japanese War, Izumo served as the flagship of the Second Fleet, which was formed with five other armored cruisers and centered around them. In the Battle of Ulsan on August 14, 1904, Izumo captured and destroyed three cruisers from the Vladivostok Fleet, which were wreaking havoc on commerce raiding near Japan. In the Battle of Tsushima on May 27, 1905, Izumo took the brunt of the artillery battle in place of the battleships of the First Squadron, which had temporarily lost course and drifted away from the Baltic Fleet. She continued to capture the fleet, contributing to the Japanese Navy's overwhelming victory.
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