Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: bụ nke abụọ na nke ikpeazụ echekwara cruiser wuru maka Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) na 1880s. Ebe ọ bụ na Japan enweghị ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe iji wuo ụgbọ mmiri ndị dị otú ahụ, a haziri ma wuo ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na United Kingdom. Ọ sonyere na Agha Mbụ nke China na Japan nke 1894-1895, na-arụ ọrụ dị mkpa na Agha nke Osimiri Yalu na obere ọrụ na
Agha nke Port Arthur, Weihaiwei, Mgbasa Pescadores na mwakpo nke Taiwan. "Takachiho" nwere obere ọrụ na agha Russia na Japan nke 1904-1905 ebe o sonyere na Agha Chemulpo Bay, nyere aka na mkpuchi Port Arthur na mbido agha ahụ, nyere aka ka ụgbọ mmiri ndị Russia na-agba mmiri n'oge Agha nke Ulsan ma sonye na mmeri nke Imperial Russian Navy na Agha nke Tsushima.