Mikasa 1902
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 三笠 <Mikasa> | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 24/1/1899 | 8/11/1900 | 1/3/1902 | stricken 20/9/1923, preserved |
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Displacement normal, t |
15140 |
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Displacement full, t |
15179 |
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Length, m |
122.0 pp 126.5 wl 131.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
23.2 |
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Draught, m |
8.28 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 25 Belleville boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
15000 |
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Max speed, kn |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 1521 |
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Armour, mm |
Harvey nickel steel - belt: 229 - 102, bulkheads: 356 - 152, upper belt: 152, casemates: 152 - 51, deck: 76 - 51, barbettes: 356 - 203, turrets: 254 - 203, CT: 356 - 102 |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 305/40 EOC G, 14 x 1 - 152/40 QF EOC Z, 20 x 1 - 76/40 EOC N / Vickers Z, 8 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 47/30 Hotchkiss, 4 - 450 TT (beam) |
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Complement |
830 |
Ship project history: Mikasa was built under 1896 program and differed from previous types a little, mainly by scheme of protection. The best Japanese battleship of Russian-Japanese war period.
Ship protection: Main belt placed on full ship length and was 2.4m high, its thickness amidships was 229mm (127mm at lower edge) decreasing consequently to 178 and 102mm near ship ends. It connected with main gun barbettes by 356-152mm bulkheads. Upper 63m belt was 152mm thick and 2.3m high. Casemates had 152mm face and 51mm rear armor. Barbettes had 356mm thickness over and 203mm under main deck. Turrets had 254mm faces, 203mm sides and rears and 102mm roofs. CT had 356mm sides and 102mm roof. 51mm armoured deck over citadel connected with lower edge of main belt by 76mm slopes. It had turtleback form outside barbettes and had 76-51mm thickness.
Modernizations: 8/1908: - 2 x 2 - 305/40, 14 x 1 - 152/40; + 2 x 2 - 152/45 Armstrong, 14 x 1 - 152/45 Elswick.
Naval service: Flagship of admiral Togo. She was sunk 29/9/1905 in Sasebo as a result of explosion of aft magazines, salvaged 7/8/1906, repaired and rearmed by new main guns. Mikasa was again commissioned 24/8/1908. To the First World War beginning ship has become outdated, but continued to be in a rank of battleship till 1/9/1921, then she was reclassified to 1st class coast defence ship. 17/9/1921 Mikasa ran aground at Askold island near Vladivostok, but have been salvaged and repaired. She was stricken according to the Washington agreement. In 1926-1945 she was a floating museum but later was neglected and partially scrapped. She was restored in 1960-1961 and established on a shore (covered with earth on a waterline). Mikasa is preserved to this day as a memorial.
Mikasa 1902
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