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armour was two inches (51 mm) thick and three inches thick amidships where it sloped down to the bottom of the armour belt. This significantly improved the ships' protection as any shell that penetrated their vertical armour also had to penetrate the sloping deck before it could reach the
388:(IJN) in the early 1900s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships itself, they were designed and built in the UK. They were the last pre-dreadnought battleships to be built for Japan at overseas shipyards, and the last to be equipped with a
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s starboard rear 10-inch gun mount ignited when it came in contact with burning residue from the previous shot. The fire killed seven officers and 27 enlisted men; wounding two officers and six enlisted men. When World War I began,
684:. Ten of these guns were mounted in the hull and the remaining two were placed in the superstructure between the 10-inch gun turrets. Their 100-pound (45 kg) shells had a muzzle velocity of 2,300 ft/s (700 m/s).
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thickness of nine inches and those of the intermediate barbettes were 6–8 inches (152–203 mm) thick. The sides of the superstructure between the intermediate barbettes had 4 inches (102 mm) of armour.
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guns between the primary 12-inch guns and the tertiary 6-inch guns and the
Japanese upgraded these to 45-caliber 10-inch (254 mm) guns in four single turrets mounted at the corners of the superstructure.
424:-class ships were ordered under the 1903 Third Fleet Extension Program. As with the earlier battleships, Japan lacked the technology and capability to construct its own battleships, and turned again to the
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made 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) from 18,500 ihp (13,800 kW). The ships carried a maximum of 2,150 tonnes (2,120 long tons) of coal and 377–750 long tons (383–762 t) of
699:. The 12-pounders fired 3-inch (76 mm), 12.5-pound (5.7 kg) projectiles at a muzzle velocity of 2,359 ft/s (719 m/s). The ships were also equipped with five submerged
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Battleship Squadron. The former was assigned to the 2nd Battleship Squadron when her refit was completed in 1915 and became the squadron's flagship in 1916.
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Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family
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Class Battle Cruisers. Zagreb, Croatia: Despot Infinitus.
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1356:Seagrave, Sterling & Seagrave, Peggy (1999).
1293:Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945
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1310:Lengerer, Hans & Ahlberg, Lars (2019).
1234:. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth.
1215:. Gravesend, Kent, UK: World Ship Society.
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194:456.25–470.6 ft (139.1–143.4 m)
928:on his tour of Europe where he met King
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396:of 1904–1905. They saw no action during
301:3 × single 1.9 in (47 mm) guns
1405:Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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560:which allowed them to steam for 12,000
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322:: 2.5–9 in (64–229 mm)
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1383:. New York: Hippocrene Books.
1232:Naval Weapons of World War One
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246:triple-expansion steam engines
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1379:Silverstone, Paul H. (1984).
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304:5 × 18 in (457 mm)
1502:List of battleships of Japan
1364:. New York: Broadway Books.
729:-class vessels consisted of
584:had Vickers-built guns. The
532:using a mixture of coal and
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454:-class battleships from
19:Not to be confused with
2630:Completed after the war
2017:Completed after the war
1132:Brook 1985, pp. 279–281
1100:Brook 1999, pp. 127–128
443:, were built in Japan.
410:Washington Naval Treaty
160:General characteristics
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870:on 16 September 1907,
710:and one in the stern.
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456:Brassey's Naval Annual
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416:Design and description
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89:Imperial Japanese Navy
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1211:Brook, Peter (1999).
1192:Warship International
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2011:Single ship of class
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659:10-inch Type 41 guns
651:10-inch Type 41 guns
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71:Armstrong Whitworth
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1545:Russo-Japanese War
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1123:Brook 1985, p. 282
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175:Displacement
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2350:Akitsushima
2087:battleships
2084:Dreadnought
1720:Akitsushima
936:for use as
488:sister ship
474:battleships
398:World War I
338:Gun turrets
95:Preceded by
2646:Categories
2623:Royal Navy
2580:Submarines
2437:Destroyers
2343:Matsushima
2151:Shikishima
1835:Destroyers
1713:Matsushima
1569:Shikishima
1184:References
953:Iki Island
921:, carried
788:Completed
546:sea trials
520:Propulsion
478:Royal Navy
276:Complement
241:Propulsion
128:In service
2460:Shirakumo
1926:Shirataka
1890:Corvettes
1865:Shirakumo
1284:0043-0374
1263:0043-0374
1204:0043-0374
987:Footnotes
949:Tokyo Bay
940:; two of
913:In 1921,
838:Armstrong
821:Sold for
779:Laid down
752:magazines
735:amidships
723:main belt
720:waterline
708:broadside
604:had four
510:long tons
430:Armstrong
412:of 1922.
332:Barbettes
180:long tons
144:Completed
139:1906–1923
131:1906–1922
123:1904–1906
77:Operators
2569:Hayabusa
2549:Minekaze
2535:Kawakaze
2474:Kamikaze
2467:Harusame
2453:Murakumo
2446:Ikazuchi
2186:Borodino
2165:Peresvet
2073:Wakamiya
1944:Gunboats
1933:Hayabusa
1879:Kamikaze
1872:Harusame
1858:Akatsuki
1851:Murakumo
1844:Ikazuchi
1789:Tsukushi
1741:Takasago
1617:Dingyuan
930:George V
926:Hirohito
784:Launched
775:Builder
676:, while
653:, while
568:Armament
558:fuel oil
534:fuel oil
406:scrapped
284:Armament
152:Scrapped
63:Builders
2509:Isokaze
2495:Urakaze
2481:Umikaze
2426:Chihaya
2419:Tatsuta
2399:Chikuma
2371:Niitaka
2336:Chiyoda
2275:Tsukuba
2200:Satsuma
2096:Kawachi
1974:Epsilon
1824:Chihaya
1810:Tatsuta
1803:Yaeyama
1755:Niitaka
1727:Yoshino
1706:Chiyoda
1672:Tsukuba
1597:Satsuma
1487:Satsuma
1456:Kashima
955:in the
951:and on
919:Kashima
906:in the
900:Siberia
896:Kashima
884:Kashima
876:Kashima
862:Service
842:Elswick
832:Kashima
804:Vickers
725:of the
701:18-inch
670:Kashima
647:Kashima
636:of the
602:Kashima
594:turrets
590:caliber
578:Kashima
550:Kashima
506:draught
493:Kashima
476:of the
439:Satsuma
434:Vickers
207:Draught
112:Satsuma
67:Vickers
39:Kashima
2600:Type L
2594:Kaichū
2588:Type F
2488:Sakura
2364:Kasagi
2329:Naniwa
2302:Tenryū
2268:Kasuga
2254:Yakumo
2193:Katori
2179:Mikasa
2117:Nagato
1967:Ōshima
1919:Kotaka
1899:Kaimon
1817:Miyako
1748:Kasagi
1699:Naniwa
1665:Kasuga
1651:Yakumo
1590:Katori
1583:Mikasa
1479:Mikasa
1463:Katori
1442:Katori
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915:Katori
892:Katori
888:Katori
798:Katori
739:strake
727:Katori
678:Katori
655:Katori
622:Mikasa
613:Katori
582:Katori
574:Katori
554:Katori
483:Katori
471:-class
464:Katori
452:Katori
422:Katori
357:Katori
314:Armour
191:Length
100:Mikasa
86:
56:Katori
2528:Enoki
2378:Otowa
2282:Ibuki
2261:Azuma
2247:Izumo
2240:Asama
2220:Kongō
2172:Hizen
2158:Asahi
1995:Heien
1953:Banjō
1796:Takao
1769:Saien
1762:Otowa
1692:Izumi
1658:Azuma
1644:Izumo
1637:Asama
1576:Asahi
1489:class
1320:Kongō
1255:XLVII
963:Notes
945:'
879:'
823:scrap
791:Fate
772:Ship
762:Ships
714:Armor
441:class
378:class
365:香取型戦艦
359:class
264:Range
257:knots
252:Speed
120:Built
114:class
58:class
2542:Momi
2516:Momo
2502:Kaba
2392:Yodo
2385:Tone
2357:Suma
2309:Kuma
2137:Fuji
2103:Fusō
1981:Iota
1960:Maya
1734:Suma
1562:Fuji
1385:ISBN
1366:ISBN
1343:ISBN
1324:ISBN
1316:Fusō
1297:ISBN
1280:ISSN
1259:ISSN
1236:ISBN
1217:ISBN
1200:ISSN
1196:XXII
747:deck
718:The
632:The
502:beam
458:1912
432:and
420:The
354:The
326:Deck
199:Beam
165:Type
52:Name
2110:Ise
1988:Uji
1318:to
1276:XIX
668:s.
606:EOC
600:.
390:ram
380:of
279:864
269:nmi
255:18
228:ihp
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232:kW
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