IJN MIKASA IN DOCK 22

MIKASA A JAPANESE BATTLESHIP 1900

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS BULKHEAD WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH PARTS THAT NEED UPGRADE

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BOW TURRET DETAILS

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by: Asahi
Succeeded by: Katori class
Built: 1899–1902
In commission: 1902–1923
Completed: 1
Preserved: 1

History

Name: Mikasa
Namesake: Mount Mikasa
Ordered: 26 September 1898
Builder: Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down: 24 January 1899
Launched: 8 November 1900
Commissioned: 1 March 1902
Struck: 20 September 1923
Status: Preserved as a memorial ship
General characteristics (as built)
Type: Pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement: 15,140 long tons (15,380 t) (normal)
Length: 432 ft (131.7 m)
Beam: 76 ft (23.2 m)
Draught: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power:

15,000 shp (11,000 kW)
25 Belleville boilers

Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range: 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 836
Armament:

2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns
14 × single 6 in (152 mm) QF guns
20 × single 12-pounder guns
6 × single 3-pounder guns
6 × single 2.5-pounder Hotchkiss guns
4 × 18-inch torpedo tubes

Armour:

Krupp cemented armour
Belt: 4–9 in (102–229 mm)
Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
Gun turrets: 8–10 in (203–254 mm)
Barbettes: 8–14 in (203–356 mm)
Conning tower: 4–14 in (102–356 mm)
Casemates: 2–6 in (51–152 mm)

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