japanese battleship second ship class pre dreadnought battleships built imperial_japanese_navy decade 20th century built british shipyards 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 inches load draught feet inches 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 april 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 ship laid shipyard february yard number launched march completed departed britain maiden voyage cruise arrived august whilst conducting gunnery training september brown powder starboard rear inch gun mount ignited came contact burning previous shot fire killed seven officers enlisted men wounded officers enlisted men world war began refit naval arsenal lasted march ship assigned 2nd battleship squadron refit completed squadron flagship joined sister ship 5th battleship squadron flagship ships covered landing japanese troops siberia august year japan intervened russian civil war march escorted departed bound great_britain carrying japanese crown prince travel abroad ships arrived portsmouth disembarked tour europe returned home months later comply terms ship disarmed april stricken navy list september removal armor completed february won public auction conducted april price pay additional towed nagasaki scrapping company finished job november main gun turrets coastal artillery batteries tokyo bay
Japanese battleship Kashima