japanese battleship lead ship class pre dreadnought battleships built decade 20th century built british shipyards imperial_japanese_navy ordered start russo japanese war ship completed year end saw combat world war ship present japan joined intervention disarmed scrapped accordance terms design description class ships ordered start russo japanese war improved versions royal_navy king edward vii class battleships feet inches long overall beam feet load draught feet normally displaced long tons crew officers enlisted men ship powered vertical triple expansion steam engines steam generated 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 long tons fuel oil sprayed coal increase power allowed steam nautical miles speed knots mph ship main battery consisted inch guns mounted twin gun turrets forward aft secondary armament consisted inch guns mounted single gun turrets positioned superstructure carried quick firing inch guns mounted casemates sides hull superstructure number smaller guns carried defence torpedo boats included dozen pounder guns millimetre pounder hotchkiss guns armed submerged inch torpedo tubes broadside stern waterline armour belt consisted krupp cemented armour inches thick armour main gun turrets maximum thickness deck ranged inches thickness construction career named shrine ordered january vickers ship laid shipyard april launched july prince princess hand official launching ceremony completed departed britain june maiden voyage cruise arrived august naval review november served flagship emperor occupied german colony shortly start world war october afterward ship began refit lasted late assigned 2nd battleship squadron completion refit pounder anti aircraft guns replaced low angle pounders flagship served flagship japanese commander chief late japan decided intervene russian civil war march escorted departed bound great_britain carrying japanese crown prince travel abroad ships arrived portsmouth left ship tour europe boarded battleship naples months later voyage home ship disarmed april stricken navy list september scrapped naval january comply terms
Japanese battleship Katori