The ships originally had a single military mast, but just before completion the fighting-tops were removed.
They are the heaviest-armed armoured cruisers of their size in the world. Compared to the Russian Bayan, of about the same displacement, this superiority is manifest.
| Nisshin. | Kasuga. | Bayan.; |
| Four 8-in. | One 10-in. | Two 8-in. |
| Fourteen 6-in. | Two 8-in. | Eight 6-in. |
| Ten 12-pdrs. | Fourteen 6-in. | Twenty 12-pdrs. |
| Ten 12-pdrs. |
NISSHIN AND KASUGA.
(Nisshin has two 8-in. in forward turret where Kasuga has a single 10-in.
The fighting-tops were removed on completion.)
[Photo by favour of C. de Grave Sells, Esq.