Shikishima-class battleship
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The Shikishima class was a two-ship class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships itself, they were designed and built in the UK. The ships participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war. Hatsuse sank after striking two mines off Port Arthur in May 1904. Shikishima fought in the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima and was lightly damaged in the latter action, although shells prematurely exploded in the barrels of her main guns in each battle. The ship was reclassified as a coast defence ship in 1921 and served as a training ship for the rest of her career. She was disarmed and hulked in 1923 and finally broken up for scrap in 1948.
1898
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敷島型戦艦
speed 18 knot, length 135.2 metre, beam 23.4 metre, draft 8.29 metre,
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, John Brown & Company, Imperial Japanese Navy, Armstrong Whitworth, 
Asahi, Hatsuse, Shikishima,
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Asahi ⓘ
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Shikishima class 12 inch gun turret right elevation
Shikishima class 12 inch gun turret plan| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | Asahi | repair ship, Shikishima-class battleship, coastal defence ship, ironclad warship, pre-dreadnought battleship, training vessel | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | Hatsuse | Shikishima-class battleship, pre-dreadnought battleship | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | Shikishima | military training ship, Shikishima-class battleship, kaibokan, pre-dreadnought battleship | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Shikishima class 12 inch gun turret right elevation | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Shikishima class 12 inch gun turret plan | Commons | ||
