IJN Kawachi

Sunk

Type	Dreadnought battleship
War	First World War
Main guns	2 × twin 12 in (305 mm)/50 guns

Japan's first dreadnought-type battleship. Bombarded Tsingtao in 1914; lost to a magazine explosion in 1918.

IJN Kawachi at anchor Picture of Japanese battleship Kawachi Photo: Unknown; Photographer is assumed to be either a professional or an official photographer as it is a high-quality image unlikely to have been taken by an amateur. If taken by a professional photographer, it is assumed to have been published in one form or another shortly after being taken. No author was attributed in that book nor in any other source found., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

2 × twin 12 in (305 mm)/50 guns
4 × twin 12 in/45 guns
10 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
8 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
12 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) guns
5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

Waterline belt: 5–12 in (127–305 mm)
Deck: 1.1 in (29 mm)
Gun turrets: 11 in (279 mm)
Conning tower: 6–10 in (152–254 mm)
Barbettes: 9–11 in (229–279 mm)

Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	1 April 1909
Launched	15 October 1910
Commissioned	31 March 1912
Displacement	21,833 long tons (22,183 t) (normal)
Length	526 feet (160.32 m) (o/a)
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	999

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

15 October 1910

Siege of Tsingtao

Survived

27 August – 7 November 1914

Fate

Sunk

Sunk by magazine explosion, 12 July 1918 (34°00′N 131°36′E / 34.00°N 131.60°E / 34.00; 131.60)