<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: kwakuyisikebhe esiholayo sekilasi laso lama-cruiser ahlomile Sōkō junyōkan eyakhelwe i-Imperial Japanese Navy IJN ngasekupheleni kwawo-1890. Njengoba iJapane yayingenawo amandla ezimboni okwakha imikhumbi yempi enjalo ngokwayo, umkhumbi wakhiwa eBrithani. Wakhonza eMpini yaseRussia neJapane ka-1904-1905, lapho abamba iqhaza khona eMpini yaseChemulpo Bay kanye ne-  <response>: Impi yoLwandle Oluphuzi ngaphandle kokulimala, yize inhlanhla yakhe ingazange ibambe ngesikhathi seMpi yaseTsushima. Ekuqaleni kweMpi Yezwe I, i-Asama yafuna ngokungenampumelelo abahlaseli bezentengiselwano baseJalimane kwaze kwaba yilapho ilimala kakhulu lapho igingqika ogwini lwaseMexico ekuqaleni kuka-1915. Ukulungisa kwathatha iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili ukuqedela futhi wasetshenziswa ngokuyinhloko njengesikebhe sokuqeqesha kulo lonke umsebenzi wakhe. Lo mkhumbi wenza ukuqeqeshwa okungu - 12 ngaphambi kokuba ukhubazeke ngemva kokushayisa umkhumbi futhi ngo - 1935. U-Asama wabe eseba umkhumbi wokuqeqesha ongashintshi kuze kube yilapho ehlukaniswa ngo-1946-1947. 