Japanese Battleship Shikishima in 1905 postcard
Career
Ordered:	FY 1896 to Thames Iron Works, Great Britain
Laid down:	March 29 1897
Launched:	November 1 1898
Commissioned:	January 26 1900
Fate:	Scrapped 1948
Struck:	January 15 1948
General Characteristics
Displacement:	15,453 tons
Length:	126.5 meters at waterline, 133.5 meters overall
Beam:	23.0 meters
Draught:	8.29 meters
Propulsion:	Two Shaft Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) Engines; 2 shafts, 25 Belleville boilers, 14,500 shp
Fuel:	Coal, 1900 tons
Speed:	15 knots
Complement:	836
Armament:	4-12 inch gun (2x2), 14-6 inch gun (1x14), 20-12 pdr QF gun (1x20), 6-3 pdr gun (1x6), 6-2.5 pdr gun (1x6), 4-45 cm torpedo tubes, 2-3" AA added 1917
Armor:	belt 100-230mm, upper belt 150mm, deck 63-100mm, barbette 200-360mm, casemate 50-150mm, conning tower 75-360mm

Shikishima (敷島) was the lead ship in the Shikishima-class of pre-dreadnought battleships in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and one of the six battleships (Fuji, Yashima, Hatsuse, Shikishima, Asahi, and Mikasa) that formed the main Japanese battle line in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Image File history File links Japanese-War-Ensign. ... The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. ... A torpedo in Rail terminology refers to a small explosive device strapped to the top of the rail to alert an approaching train of immediate danger ahead. ... The lead ship is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. ... HMS Magnificent, a pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1894 The term pre-dreadnought refers to the last type of battleship before HMS Dreadnought (1906). ... HMS Victory in 1884 given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built between the 15th and 20th centuries. ... Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Constructed by the Thames Iron Works and Armstrong Whitworth the Fuji and Yamashima were constructed between 1894-1896 and were commissioned in 1897. ... The Japanese battleship Yashima (12,330 tons) was built for the Imperial Japanese Navy by Armstrong Whitworth at the Elswick Yard. ... The Japanese battleship Hatsuse (14,967 tons) was built by Armstrong Whitworth at the Elswick Yard. ... The Asahi was the second of the Shikishima-class of battleships. ... Mikasa (三笠) was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the flagship of Admiral Togo Heihachiro during the battle of Tsushima (1905) in the Russo-Japanese War. ... British and Danish ships in line of battle at the Battle of Copenhagen (1801). ... Insert non-formatted text here Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 25,331 Killed 146,032 Wounded 47,387 Killed 173,425 Wounded Greater Manchuria, Russian (outer) Manchuria is region to upper right in lighter Red; Liaodong Peninsula is the wedge extending...

History

Following the 1894–1895 Sino-Japanese War, and the forced return of the Liaotung Peninsula to China under Russian pressure, Japan began to build up its military strength in preparation for further confrontations. In particular, Japan embarked on a ten-year naval build-up program, with the construction of six battleships and six armored cruisers at its core. The Shikishima was ordered to Thames Iron Works, Great Britain in 1897. She was designed by Phillip Watts and was basically an improved version of the British Navy's Majestic-class. Japan and Qing China fought the First Sino-Japanese War (or the Qing-Japanese War) during 1894 and 1895, primarily over control of Korea. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... HMS Victory in 1884 given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built between the 15th and 20th centuries. ... Armored cruiser General-Admiral (1873) Armored cruiser USS Brooklyn (1898) Armored cruiser HMS Good Hope (1901) Armored cruiser SMS Blücher (1908) The armored cruiser was a naval cruiser protected by armor on its sides as well as on the decks and gun positions. ... The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Majestic class was a nine-ship class of pre-Dreadnought battleships, built under the Spencer Programme (named after the First Sea Lord, John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer). ...

Shikishima served in the Russo-Japanese War, was damaged in the bombardment of Port Arthur, fighting at the Battle of the Yellow Sea, and taking 10 hits at the Battle of Tsushima. Port Arthur is the name of some places: Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia Old Western name for Lushun, China Port Arthur, Texas, United States of America Port Arthur, Ontario, a city in Ontario, Canada, became part of Thunder Bay in 1970. ... The Battle of the Yellow Sea was the first main naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, being fought on August 10, 1904. ... Combatants Japan Russia Commanders Heihachiro Togo Zinovi Rozhdestvenski Nikolai Nebogatov Strength 4 battleships, 27 cruisers, in addition to destroyers and auxiliary vessels 8 battleships, 3 coastal battleships, 8 cruisers Casualties 117 dead, 583 injured, 3 torpedo boats sunk 4380 dead, 5917 injured 21 ships sunk, 7 captured, 6 disarmed The...

Shikishima later served in Japanese home waters during WWI. Refitted in 1919, she was de-rated to “First-class Coast Defense Ship” in 1921 and relegated to training duties the same year. Disarmed under the provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty, she was used as a training school for submarine crews after 1923. She was then designated as a transport, and then officially stricken from the navy list, but remained at Sasebo as a damage control hulk, accommodation ship, and training center. Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First... The Washington Naval Treaty limited the naval armaments of its five signatories: the United States, the British Empire, the Empire of Japan, the French Third Republic, and Italy. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... Sasebo (佐世保市; -shi) is a city located in Nagasaki, Japan. ...

She was still afloat after the Pacific War, somehow escaping American air attacks, but had not moved under her own power for over two decades. She was broken up for scrap in 1948. US landings in the Pacific, 1942–1945 The Pacific War occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in Asia. ...

References

• Gibbons, Tony: The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers
• Burt, R.A.: Japanese Battleships, 1897-1945

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