japanese battleship class pre dreadnought battleship built imperial_japanese_navy british firm late 1890s ship participated early stages russo japanese war including second day war involved subsequent operations struck mines port arthur second detonated magazines sank immediately loss half crew description feet long overall beam feet inches load draught feet normally displaced long tons crew officers enlisted men serving flagship ship powered vertical triple expansion steam engines steam generated belleville boilers engines rated indicated horsepower forced draught designed reach speed knots mph reached speed knots mph indicated horsepower sea trials carried maximum long tons coal allowed steam nautical miles speed knots mph ship main battery consisted inch guns mounted twin gun turrets forward aft secondary battery consisted fourteen inch quick firing guns mounted casemates sides hull superstructure number smaller guns carried defence torpedo boats included pounder cwt guns millimetre pounder guns millimetre pounder hotchkiss guns armed submerged inch torpedo tubes waterline armour belt consisted harvey armour inches thick armour gun turrets maximum thickness deck ranged inches thickness construction career named temple famous maple trees ordered year naval expansion programme paid paid china losing sino japanese war ship laid shipyard january launched june completed january sailing japan represented queen_victoria funeral start russo japanese war commanded assigned 1st division 1st fleet participated february admiral led 1st fleet attack russian ships anchored outside port arthur expected surprise night attack russians destroyers successful actually anticipated badly disorganized weakened russians recovered surprise ready attack japanese ships spotted cruiser patrolling offshore alerted russian defences chose attack russian coastal defences main armament engage russian ships secondary guns splitting fire proved bad idea japanese inch inch guns inflicted little damage significance russian ships concentrated fire japanese ships effect large number ships sides hit russian casualties numbered japanese suffered killed wounded hit twice battle losing seven crewmen killed wounded participated action april successfully lured portion including vice admiral flagship battleship spotted battleships 1st division turned port arthur struck minefield laid japanese previous night russian battleship sank minutes magazines exploded killed success resumed long range bombardment missions prompted russians lay minefields admiral sea battleships flag protected cruiser dispatch boat relieve japanese blockading force port arthur following morning squadron encountered minefield laid russian struck disabled steering struck moving assist drifted detonated magazines killing crew sinking ship managed save admiral captain officers enlisted men flooding controlled hours later crew abandoned ship
Japanese battleship Hatsuse