Shikishima

Shikishima (敷島) was the lead ship of her class of two pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy by British shipyards in the late 1890s. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, the ship fought in the Battles of Port Arthur, the Yellow Sea and Tsushima and was lightly damaged in the latter action, although shells prematurely exploded in her main guns in the latter two engagements. Shikishima remained in home waters during World War I. She was reclassified as a coastal defence ship in 1921 and served as a training ship for the rest of her career. The ship was disarmed and hulked in 1923 and finally broken up for scrap in 1948.

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Shikishima
length 126.5 metre, speed 18 knot, length 135.2 metre, draft 8.29 metre, beam 23.4 metre, 
military training ship, kaibokan, pre-dreadnought battleship, Shikishima-class battleship, Imperial Japanese Navy, Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, 

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1897-03-29T00:00:00Z

1897-03-29T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1898-11-01T00:00:00Z

1898-11-01T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

View of Japanese battleships in action, including Shikishima, taken during the Battle of the Yellow Sea

Picture of Japanese battleship Shikishima

Picture of the Japanese training ship Shikishima at Sasebo

Postcard of Japanese battleship Shikishima

Picture of Japanese battleship Shikishima

Photograph showing launching of Japanese battleship Shikshima

Shikishima - Brassey's Naval Annual 1899

Cassier's magazine (1904) (14582330769)

View of Japanese battleships in action, including Shikishima, taken during the Battle of the Yellow Sea

Picture of Japanese battleship Shikishima

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
commons	image		View of Japanese battleships in action, including Shikishima, taken during the Battle of the Yellow Sea		Commons
commons	image		Picture of Japanese battleship Shikishima		Commons
commons	image		Picture of the Japanese training ship Shikishima at Sasebo		Commons
commons	image		Postcard of Japanese battleship Shikishima		Commons
commons	image		Picture of Japanese battleship Shikishima		Commons
commons	image		Photograph showing launching of Japanese battleship Shikshima		Commons
commons	image		Shikishima - Brassey's Naval Annual 1899		Commons
commons	image		Cassier's magazine (1904) (14582330769)		Commons
commons	image		View of Japanese battleships in action, including Shikishima, taken during the Battle of the Yellow Sea		Commons
commons	image		Picture of Japanese battleship Shikishima		Commons