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Shikishima

IJN Shikishima

Survived

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypePre-dreadnought battleship
ClassShikishima
WarRusso-Japanese War
Main guns2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns

Served through the war in the 1st Division.

Postcard of Japanese battleship Shikishima with commemorative cancel 1906.5.27 for Naval Commemoration Day of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns
  • 14 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
  • 20 × single 12-pdr 3 in (76 mm) guns
  • 8 × single 3-pdr (1.9 in (47 mm)) guns
  • 4 × single 2.5-pdr (1.9 in (47 mm)) Hotchkiss guns
  • 4 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Harvey armour
  • Belt: 4–9 in (102–229 mm)
  • Deck: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm)
  • Gun turrets: 10 in (254 mm)
BuilderThames Iron Works, Blackwall, London
Laid down29 March 1897
Launched1 November 1898
Displacement14,850 long tons (15,090 t) (normal)
Length438 ft (133.5 m)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement741

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

Career

Launched

1 November 1898

8–9 February 1904

10 August 1904

27–28 May 1905

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, January 1948