Shikishima 1901
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 敷島 <Shikishima> | Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK | 29/3/1897 | 1/11/1898 | 26/1/1900 | transport 4/1923 | |
| 初瀬 <Hatsuse> | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 10/1/1898 | 27/6/1899 | 18/1/1901 | sunk 15/5/1904 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Shikishima: 14850 Hatsuse: 15000 |
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Displacement full, t |
Shikishima: 15453 Hatsuse: 15255 |
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Length, m |
Shikishima: 121.9 pp 126.5 wl 133.5 oa Hatsuse: 121.9 pp 126.5 wl 134.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
Shikishima: 23.0 Hatsuse: 23.4 |
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Draught, m |
8.29 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 25 Belleville boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
14500 |
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Max speed, kn |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
Shikishima: coal 1722 Hatsuse: coal 1900 |
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Armour, mm |
Harvey nickel steel - belt: 229 - 102, bulkheads: 356 - 152, upper belt: 152, casemates: 152 - 51, deck: 102 - 51, barbettes: 356 - 203, turrets: 254 - 203, CT: 356/76 |
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Armament |
Shikishima: 2 x 2 - 305/40 EOC G, 14 x 1 - 152/40 QF EOC Z, 20 x 1 - 76/40 EOC N / Vickers Z, 6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 6 x 1 - 47/30 Hotchkiss, 5 - 450 TT (1 bow, 4 beam) Hatsuse: 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 |
Shikishima: 836 Hatsuse: 741 |
Ship project history: Shikishima and Hatsuse were ordered under 1896 program and were an improved variant of British Majestic.
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 66m 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 76mm roof. Fore torpedo room had 152mm protection. 51mm armoured deck over citadel connected with lower edge of main belt by 102mm slopes. It had turtleback form outside barbettes and had 76-51mm thickness.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Hatsuse was lost 15/5/1904 on Russian mines at Port Arthur (minefield was laid by minelayer Amur). To the First World War beginning Shikishima has become outdated and 1/9/1921 reclassified to coast defence ship and next year she was disarmed. Since 1923 Shikishima was used as transport, then as a hulk, BU in 1948.
Shikishima
Hatsuse 1901
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