The Inadsuma [Inazuma] (length 220 feet 9 inches, beam 20 feet 6 inches; draught 5 feet 3 inches) the second of six torpedo boat destroyers built by Yarrow and Company Limited, Poplar, for the Imperial Japanese Government was launched in January 1899, in the presence of Admiral Matsunaga, Inspector-General for the Japanese Navy; Constructor Captain Kurobe, Constructor Commander Kondo, and other Japanese officials.