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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Yashima_NH_58968.jpg/450px-Yashima_NH_58968.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Yashima_NH_58968.jpg/600px-Yashima_NH_58968.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5748" data-file-height="4773" /></a></span><div><i>Yashima</i> before the Russo-Japanese War</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;color:inherit;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Naval_Ensign_of_Japan.svg/42px-Naval_Ensign_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Naval_Ensign_of_Japan.svg/63px-Naval_Ensign_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Naval_Ensign_of_Japan.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em"><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Yashima</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td>"Many Islands", a <a href="/wiki/Names_of_Japan" title="Names of Japan">name for Japan</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>1894 Naval Programme</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth" title="Armstrong Whitworth">Armstrong Whitworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elswick,_Tyne_and_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="Elswick, Tyne and Wear">Elswick</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Cost</td><td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a>10,500,000</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Yard number</td><td>625</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>6 December 1894</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>28 February 1896</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>9 September 1897</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sank 15 May 1904 after striking two <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Fuji-class_battleship" title="Fuji-class battleship"><i>Fuji</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship" title="Pre-dreadnought battleship">pre-dreadnought battleship</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>12,230 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (12,430 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) (normal)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>412 ft (125.6 m) (<a href="/wiki/O/a" class="mw-redirect" title="O/a">o/a</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>73 ft 6 in (22.4 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>26 ft 3 in (8 m) (<a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">13,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">ihp</a> (10,100 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10 <a href="/wiki/Scotch_marine_boiler" title="Scotch marine boiler">cylindrical boilers</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 shafts, 2 <a href="/wiki/Marine_steam_engine#Triple_or_multiple_expansion" title="Marine steam engine">triple-expansion steam engines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>18.25 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (34 km/h; 21 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>4,000 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>650</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × twin <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_12_inch_/40_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Armstrong Whitworth 12 inch /40 naval gun">12 in (305 mm) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_6_inch_/40_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 6 inch /40 naval gun">6 in (152 mm) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">14 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_3_pounder_Hotchkiss" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss">3-pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss#Japanese_service" title="QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss">2.5-pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5 × <a href="/wiki/British_18_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 18 inch torpedo">18 in (450 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armour</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_armour" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey armour">Harvey armour</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Belt_armor" title="Belt armor">Belt</a>: 14–18 in (356–457 mm)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">Deck</a>: 2.5 in (64 mm)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">Gun turrets</a>: 6 in (152 mm)</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Yashima</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">八島</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yashima</i></span>)</span> was a <a href="/wiki/Fuji-class_battleship" title="Fuji-class battleship"><i>Fuji</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship" title="Pre-dreadnought battleship">pre-dreadnought battleship</a> built for the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> (IJN) in the 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to construct such vessels, the ship was designed and built in the United Kingdom. She participated in the early stages of the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a> of 1904–1905, including the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Arthur" title="Battle of Port Arthur">Battle of Port Arthur</a> on the second day of the war. <i>Yashima</i> was involved in subsequent operations until she struck two <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a> off <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCshunkou_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lüshunkou District">Port Arthur</a> in May 1904. The ship did not sink immediately, but <a href="/wiki/Capsized" class="mw-redirect" title="Capsized">capsized</a> while under tow later that day. The Japanese were able to keep her loss a secret from the Russians for over a year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_description">Background and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Yashima&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yashima_(ship,_1897)_-_Plan_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_Plan_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png/260px-Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_Plan_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_Plan_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png/390px-Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_Plan_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_Plan_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png/520px-Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_Plan_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png 2x" data-file-width="2701" data-file-height="1393" /></a><figcaption>Right elevation and plan showing the internal layout of the ship</figcaption></figure> <p>The two <i>Fuji</i>-class ships were the IJN's first battleships, ordered from Britain in response to two new German-built Chinese <a href="/wiki/Ironclad_warship" title="Ironclad warship">ironclad warships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lengerer_pp_23_27_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lengerer_pp_23_27-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this time, Japan lacked the technology and capability to construct its own battleships and they had to be built abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ships were designed by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Watts_(naval_architect)" title="Philip Watts (naval architect)">Philip Watts</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as smaller versions of the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Sovereign-class_battleship" title="Royal Sovereign-class battleship"><i>Royal Sovereign</i> class</a>, although they were slightly faster and had a better type of armour.<sup id="cite_ref-Lengerer_pp_23_27_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lengerer_pp_23_27-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ships were 412 feet (125.6 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">long overall</a> and had a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 73 feet 6 inches (22.4 m) and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draught</a> of 26 feet 3 inches (8 m) at <a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>. They normally <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">displaced</a> 12,230 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (12,430 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) and had a crew of 650 officers and <a href="/wiki/Naval_rating" title="Naval rating">ratings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-b2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ship</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Fuji" title="Japanese battleship Fuji"><i>Fuji</i></a>, <i>Yashima</i> was fitted as an admiral's <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship was powered by two <a href="/wiki/Marine_steam_engine#Triple_or_multiple_expansion" title="Marine steam engine">vertical triple-expansion steam engines</a>, each driving one shaft, using steam generated by ten <a href="/wiki/Scotch_marine_boiler" title="Scotch marine boiler">cylindrical boilers</a>. The engines were rated at 13,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">indicated horsepower</a> (10,100 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>) using <a href="/wiki/Forced_draught" class="mw-redirect" title="Forced draught">forced draught</a> and were designed to reach a top speed of 18.25 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (34 km/h; 21 mph), though <i>Yashima</i> reached a top speed of 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) from 14,075 ihp (10,496 kW) on her <a href="/wiki/Sea_trial" title="Sea trial">sea trials</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sisters carried enough coal to allow them to steam for 4,000 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-j6_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Main_battery" title="Main battery">main battery</a> of the <i>Fuji</i>-class ships consisted of four <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_12_inch_/40_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Armstrong Whitworth 12 inch /40 naval gun">12-inch (305 mm) guns</a> mounted in two twin-<a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">gun turrets</a>, one each fore and aft of the <a href="/wiki/Superstructure" title="Superstructure">superstructure</a>. Their <a href="/wiki/Secondary_armament" title="Secondary armament">secondary armament</a> consisted of ten <a href="/wiki/List_of_British_ordnance_terms#QF" class="mw-redirect" title="List of British ordnance terms">quick-firing (QF)</a> <a href="/wiki/QF_6_inch_/40_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 6 inch /40 naval gun">6-inch (152 mm) guns</a>, four mounted in <a href="/wiki/Casemate" title="Casemate">casemates</a> on the sides of the hull and six mounted on the upper deck, protected by <a href="/wiki/Gun_shield" title="Gun shield">gun shields</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smaller guns were carried for defence against <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boats</a>. These included fourteen <a href="/wiki/QF_3_pounder_Hotchkiss" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss">QF 3-pounder (47-millimetre (1.9 in)) guns</a> and ten 2.5-pounder <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_gun" title="Hotchkiss gun">Hotchkiss guns</a> of the same calibre, all of which were in single mounts.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ships were also armed with five <a href="/wiki/British_18_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 18 inch torpedo">18-inch (450 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a>, one above water in the bow and a submerged pair on each <a href="/wiki/Broadside_(naval)" title="Broadside (naval)">broadside</a>. The <i>Fuji</i> class had a <a href="/wiki/Waterline" title="Waterline">waterline</a> <a href="/wiki/Belt_armor" title="Belt armor">armour belt</a> that consisted of <a href="/wiki/Harvey_armour" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey armour">Harvey armour</a> 14–18 inches (356–457 mm) thick. Their gun turrets were protected by 6-inch armour plates and their <a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">decks</a> were 2.5 inches (64 mm) thick.<sup id="cite_ref-b2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1901, the ships exchanged 16 of their 47 mm guns for an equal number of <a href="/wiki/QF_12_pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun">QF 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt guns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This raised the number of crewmen to 652 and later to 741.<sup id="cite_ref-j6_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_career">Construction and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Yashima&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yashima_(ship,_1897)_-_After_Two_Months_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_After_Two_Months_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png/240px-Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_After_Two_Months_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_After_Two_Months_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png/360px-Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_After_Two_Months_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_After_Two_Months_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png/480px-Yashima_%28ship%2C_1897%29_-_After_Two_Months_-_Cassier%27s_1898-02.png 2x" data-file-width="2319" data-file-height="1628" /></a><figcaption><i>Yashima</i> under construction, about two months after her <a href="/wiki/Keel" title="Keel">keel</a> was laid down</figcaption></figure> <p>Given a <a href="/wiki/Names_of_Japan#Classical" title="Names of Japan">classical name for Japan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Yashima</i> was ordered as part of the 1894 Naval Programme and the ship was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> by <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth" title="Armstrong Whitworth">Armstrong Whitworth</a> at their <a href="/wiki/Elswick,_Tyne_and_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="Elswick, Tyne and Wear">Elswick</a> shipyard on 6 December 1894 as <a href="/wiki/Yard_number" class="mw-redirect" title="Yard number">yard number</a> 625. The ship was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 28 February 1896<sup id="cite_ref-b8_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b8-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and completed on 9 September 1897,<sup id="cite_ref-j7_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at a total cost of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a>10,500,000.<sup id="cite_ref-l14_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l14-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She conducted her sea trials during the following month.<sup id="cite_ref-b8_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b8-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Yashima</i> departed the UK on 15 September and arrived at <a href="/wiki/Yokosuka,_Kanagawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokosuka, Kanagawa">Yokosuka</a>, Japan, on 30 November. She was initially assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Standing_Fleet" title="Standing Fleet">Standing Fleet</a>, the IJN's primary combat fleet, but was reduced to <a href="/wiki/Reserve_fleet" title="Reserve fleet">reserve</a> on 20 November. The ship was reclassified as a first-class battleship on 21 March 1898 and reassigned to the Standing Fleet. Two years later, <i>Yashima</i> was again placed in reserve where she remained until reactivated on 28 December 1903 and assigned to the 1st Division of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="1st Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">1st Fleet</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Fleet" title="Combined Fleet">Combined Fleet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-l14_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l14-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the start of the Russo-Japanese War, <i>Yashima</i>, commanded by <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">Captain</a> Hajime Sakamoto, participated in the Battle of Port Arthur on 9 February 1904 when <a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Admiral">Vice-Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dg%C5%8D_Heihachir%C5%8D" title="Tōgō Heihachirō">Tōgō Heihachirō</a> led his battleships and cruisers in an attack on the Russian ships of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Fleet_(Russia)" title="Pacific Fleet (Russia)">Pacific Squadron</a> anchored just outside <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCshunkou_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lüshunkou District">Port Arthur</a>. Tōgō had expected the preceding surprise night attack by his destroyers to be much more successful than it was, anticipating that the Russians would be badly disorganised and weakened, but they had recovered from their surprise and were ready for the attack of the battleships and cruisers. The Japanese ships were spotted by the <a href="/wiki/Protected_cruiser" title="Protected cruiser">protected cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Boyarin" title="Russian cruiser Boyarin"><i>Boyarin</i></a>, which was patrolling offshore and alerted the Russian defences. Tōgō chose to attack the Russian coastal defences with his main armament and engage the ships with his secondary guns. Splitting his fire proved to be a poor decision as the Japanese eight-inch (203 mm) and six-inch guns inflicted little damage on the Russian ships, which concentrated all their fire on the Japanese ships with some effect. Although many ships on both sides were hit, Russian casualties numbered only 17, while the Japanese suffered 60 killed and wounded before Tōgō disengaged. <i>Yashima</i> was not hit during the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 March, <i>Yashima</i> and her sister <i>Fuji</i>, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Rear-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear-Admiral">Rear-Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Nashiba_Tokioki" title="Nashiba Tokioki">Nashiba Tokioki</a>, blindly bombarded the harbour of Port Arthur from Pigeon Bay, on the south west side of the <a href="/wiki/Liaodong_Peninsula" title="Liaodong Peninsula">Liaodong Peninsula</a>, at a range of 5.9 miles (9.5 km). They fired 154 twelve-inch shells,<sup id="cite_ref-f4_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but did little damage.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When they tried again on 22 March, they were attacked by newly emplaced <a href="/wiki/Coastal_artillery" title="Coastal artillery">coast-defence guns</a> that had been transferred there by the new Russian commander, Vice-Admiral <a href="/wiki/Stepan_Makarov" title="Stepan Makarov">Stepan Makarov</a>, and also from several Russian ships in Port Arthur using observers overlooking Pigeon Bay. The Japanese ships disengaged after <i>Fuji</i> was hit by a twelve-inch shell.<sup id="cite_ref-f4_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Yashima</i> participated in the action of 13 April when Tōgō successfully lured out a portion of the Pacific Squadron, including Makarov's flagship, the battleship <a href="/wiki/Russian_battleship_Petropavlovsk_(1894)" title="Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894)"><i>Petropavlovsk</i></a>. When Makarov spotted the five battleships of the 1st Division, he turned back for Port Arthur and <i>Petropavlovsk</i> struck a mine laid by the Japanese the previous night. The Russian battleship sank in less than two minutes after one of her <a href="/wiki/Magazine_(artillery)" title="Magazine (artillery)">magazines</a> exploded and Makarov was one of the 677 killed. Emboldened by his success, Tōgō resumed long-range bombardment missions, which prompted the Russians to lay more minefields.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battleship_Yashima.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A large brass and wood warship" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Battleship_Yashima.jpg/150px-Battleship_Yashima.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Battleship_Yashima.jpg/225px-Battleship_Yashima.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Battleship_Yashima.jpg/300px-Battleship_Yashima.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A model of <i>Yashima</i> in the British <a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 14 May, Nashiba put to sea with his flagship <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Hatsuse" title="Japanese battleship Hatsuse"><i>Hatsuse</i></a> and two other battleships, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Shikishima" title="Japanese battleship Shikishima"><i>Shikishima</i></a>, and <i>Yashima</i>, the protected cruiser <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kasagi" title="Japanese cruiser Kasagi"><i>Kasagi</i></a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Dispatch_boat" title="Dispatch boat">dispatch boat</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Tatsuta_(1894)" title="Japanese cruiser Tatsuta (1894)"><i>Tatsuta</i></a> to relieve the Japanese blockading force off Port Arthur.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the following morning, the squadron encountered a <a href="/wiki/Minefield" class="mw-redirect" title="Minefield">minefield</a> laid by the <a href="/wiki/Amur-class_minelayer_(1898)" title="Amur-class minelayer (1898)">Russian minelayer <i>Amur</i></a>. <i>Hatsuse</i> struck one mine that disabled her steering<sup id="cite_ref-f46_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f46-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> around 11:10 and <i>Yashima</i> struck two others when moving to assist <i>Hatsuse</i>. One blew a hole in her starboard aft <a href="/wiki/Fire_room" title="Fire room">boiler room</a> and the other detonated on the starboard forward side of her hull, near the underwater torpedo room. After the second detonation the ship had a 9° <a href="/wiki/List_(watercraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="List (watercraft)">list</a> to starboard that gradually increased throughout the day.<sup id="cite_ref-l14_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l14-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Yashima</i> was towed away from the minefield, north towards the Japanese base in the <a href="/wiki/Changhai_County" title="Changhai County">Elliott Islands</a>. She was still taking on water at an uncontrollable rate, and Sakamoto ordered the ship anchored around 17:00 near Encounter Rock to allow the crew to easily abandon ship. He assembled the crew, which sang the Japanese <a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kimigayo" title="Kimigayo">Kimigayo</a></i>, and then abandoned ship. <i>Kasagi</i> took <i>Yashima</i> in tow, but the battleship's list continued to increase, and she capsized about three hours later, after the cruiser was forced to cast off the tow,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly at co-ordinates <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Japanese_battleship_Yashima&params=38_34_N_121_40_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°34′N</span> <span class="longitude">121°40′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.567°N 121.667°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.567; 121.667</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-j6_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Japanese were able to conceal her loss for more than a year as no Russians observed <i>Yashima</i> sink.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the deception, the surviving crewmen were assigned to four auxiliary <a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">gunboats</a> for the rest of the war that were tasked to guard Port Arthur and addressed their letters as if they were still aboard the battleship.<sup id="cite_ref-l14_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l14-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Yashima&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lengerer gives a coal storage figure of 1,110 long tons (1,130 t) that gave them a range of 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 10 knots.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sources differ significantly on the exact outfit of light guns. Naval historians Roger Chesneau and Eugene Kolesnik and Hans Lengerer cite twenty 3- and four 2.5-pounders.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jentschura, Jung & Mickel give a total of twenty-four 47 mm guns, without dividing them between the 3 and 2.5-pounders,<sup id="cite_ref-j6_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Silverstone says that they had only twenty 47 mm guns, again without discriminating between the two types.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Cwt" is the abbreviation for <a href="/wiki/Hundredweight" title="Hundredweight">hundredweight</a>, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Yashima&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Lengerer_pp_23_27-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lengerer_pp_23_27_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lengerer_pp_23_27_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lengerer 2008, pp. 23, 27</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Evans & Peattie, p. 60</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Heald, p. 208</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-b2-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-b2_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-b2_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Brook 1999, p. 122</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lengerer 2009, p. 51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lengerer 2008, p. 27</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-j6-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-j6_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-j6_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-j6_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-j6_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lengerer 2008, pp. 11, 23</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 221</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lengerer 2008, p. 23</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 220</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Silverstone, p. 309</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jane, p. 400</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-b8-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-b8_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-b8_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Brook 1985, p. 268</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-j7-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-j7_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-l14-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-l14_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-l14_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-l14_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-l14_19-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lengerer 2008, p. 14</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Forczyk, pp. 41–44</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-f4-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-f4_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-f4_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Forczyk, p. 44</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brook 1985, p. 269</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Forczyk, pp. 45–46</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Warner & Warner, p. 279</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-f46-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-f46_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Forczyk, p. 46</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Warner & Warner, pp. 279–282</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Warner & Warner, pp. 283, 332</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Yashima&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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"Armstrong Battleships for Japan". <i>Warship International</i>. <b>XXII</b> (3). 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href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship" title="Pre-dreadnought battleship">Pre-dreadnought battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fuji-class_battleship" title="Fuji-class battleship"><i>Fuji</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shikishima-class_battleship" title="Shikishima-class battleship"><i>Shikishima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Asahi" title="Japanese battleship Asahi"><i>Asahi</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa" title="Japanese battleship Mikasa"><i>Mikasa</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katori-class_battleship" title="Katori-class battleship"><i>Katori</i></a> <sup>C</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satsuma-class_battleship" title="Satsuma-class battleship"><i>Satsuma</i></a> <sup>C</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ironclad_warship" title="Ironclad warship">Ironclad battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dingyuan-class_ironclad" title="Dingyuan-class ironclad"><i>Dingyuan</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">Armored cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asama-class_cruiser" title="Asama-class cruiser"><i>Asama</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izumo-class_cruiser" title="Izumo-class cruiser"><i>Izumo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Yakumo" title="Japanese cruiser Yakumo"><i>Yakumo</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Azuma" title="Japanese cruiser Azuma"><i>Azuma</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasuga-class_cruiser" title="Kasuga-class cruiser"><i>Kasuga</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsukuba-class_cruiser" title="Tsukuba-class cruiser"><i>Tsukuba</i></a> <sup>C</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Protected_cruiser" title="Protected cruiser">Protected cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_cruiser_Esmeralda_(1883)" title="Chilean cruiser Esmeralda (1883)"><i>Izumi</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naniwa-class_cruiser" title="Naniwa-class cruiser"><i>Naniwa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Chiyoda" title="Japanese cruiser Chiyoda"><i>Chiyoda</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsushima-class_cruiser" title="Matsushima-class cruiser"><i>Matsushima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Akitsushima" title="Japanese cruiser Akitsushima"><i>Akitsushima</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Yoshino" title="Japanese cruiser Yoshino"><i>Yoshino</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suma-class_cruiser" title="Suma-class cruiser"><i>Suma</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Takasago" title="Japanese cruiser Takasago"><i>Takasago</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasagi-class_cruiser" title="Kasagi-class cruiser"><i>Kasagi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niitaka-class_cruiser" title="Niitaka-class cruiser"><i>Niitaka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Otowa" title="Japanese cruiser Otowa"><i>Otowa</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Jiyuan" title="Chinese cruiser Jiyuan">Saien</a></i> <sup>S</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Unprotected_cruiser" title="Unprotected cruiser">Unprotected cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Tsukushi" title="Japanese cruiser Tsukushi"><i>Tsukushi</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Takao_(1888)" title="Japanese cruiser Takao (1888)"><i>Takao</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Yaeyama" title="Japanese cruiser Yaeyama"><i>Yaeyama</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Tatsuta_(1894)" title="Japanese cruiser Tatsuta (1894)"><i>Tatsuta</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Miyako" title="Japanese cruiser Miyako"><i>Miyako</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Chihaya" title="Japanese cruiser Chihaya"><i>Chihaya</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ikazuchi-class_destroyer" title="Ikazuchi-class destroyer"><i>Ikazuchi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murakumo-class_destroyer" title="Murakumo-class destroyer"><i>Murakumo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akatsuki-class_destroyer_(1901)" title="Akatsuki-class destroyer (1901)"><i>Akatsuki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirakumo-class_destroyer" title="Shirakumo-class destroyer"><i>Shirakumo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harusame-class_destroyer" title="Harusame-class destroyer"><i>Harusame</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamikaze-class_destroyer_(1905)" title="Kamikaze-class destroyer (1905)"><i>Kamikaze</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">Corvettes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_corvette_Kaimon" title="Japanese corvette Kaimon">Kaimon</a></i> <sup>S</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">Torpedo boats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_torpedo_boat_Kotaka" title="Japanese torpedo boat Kotaka"><i>Kotaka</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_torpedo_boat_Shirataka" title="Japanese torpedo boat Shirataka"><i>Shirataka</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa-class_torpedo_boat" title="Hayabusa-class torpedo boat"><i>Hayabusa</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">Gunboats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Banj%C5%8D" title="Japanese gunboat Banjō"><i>Banjō</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya-class_gunboat" title="Maya-class gunboat"><i>Maya</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_%C5%8Cshima" title="Japanese gunboat Ōshima"><i>Ōshima</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Varyag_(1899)" title="Russian cruiser Varyag (1899)"><i>Varyag</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Feb: <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Boyarin" title="Russian cruiser Boyarin"><i>Boyarin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Mar: <a href="/wiki/Russian_destroyer_Steregushchiy_(1903)" title="Russian destroyer Steregushchiy (1903)"><i>Steregushchiy</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_A1" title="HMS A1">HMS <i>A1</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Russian_battleship_Petropavlovsk_(1894)" title="Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894)"><i>Petropavlovsk</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Miyako" title="Japanese cruiser Miyako"><i>Miyako</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 May: <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Bogatyr" title="Russian cruiser Bogatyr"><i>Bogatyr</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Hatsuse" title="Japanese battleship Hatsuse"><i>Hatsuse</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Tatsuta_(1894)" title="Japanese cruiser Tatsuta (1894)"><i>Tatsuta</i></a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Yashima</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Yoshino" title="Japanese cruiser Yoshino"><i>Yoshino</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Akatsuki_(1901)" title="Japanese destroyer Akatsuki (1901)"><i>Akatsuki</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_%C5%8Cshima" title="Japanese gunboat Ōshima"><i>Ōshima</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Jun: <a href="/wiki/PS_General_Slocum" title="PS General Slocum"><i>General Slocum</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hitachi_Maru" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitachi Maru">Hitachi Maru</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sparrowhawk_(1895)" title="HMS Sparrowhawk (1895)">HMS <i>Sparrowhawk</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Monohansett_(steamboat)" title="Monohansett (steamboat)"><i>Monohansett</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Norge" title="SS Norge"><i>Norge</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Russian_submarine_Delfin" title="Russian submarine Delfin"><i>Delfin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_corvette_Kaimon" title="Japanese corvette Kaimon"><i>Kaimon</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Russian_gunboat_Sivuch_(1884)" title="Russian gunboat Sivuch (1884)"><i>Sivuch</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Decoy_(1894)" title="HMS Decoy (1894)">HMS <i>Decoy</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Rurik_(1892)" title="Russian cruiser Rurik (1892)"><i>Rurik</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Chamois_(1896)" title="HMS Chamois (1896)">HMS <i>Chamois</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Sep: <a href="/wiki/Adolphe_(ship)" title="Adolphe (ship)"><i>Adolphe</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Oct: <a href="/wiki/Georges_Valentine_(shipwreck)" title="Georges Valentine (shipwreck)"><i>Georges Valentine</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Nov: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Atago" title="Japanese gunboat Atago"><i>Atago</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Annie_Falconer" title="Annie Falconer">Annie Falconer</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Jiyuan" title="Chinese cruiser Jiyuan">Saien</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Russian_battleship_Retvizan" title="Russian battleship Retvizan"><i>Retvizan</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Russian_battleship_Peresvet" title="Russian battleship Peresvet"><i>Peresvet</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_battleship_Pobeda" title="Russian battleship Pobeda"><i>Pobeda</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Pallada_(1899)" title="Russian cruiser Pallada (1899)"><i>Pallada</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Bayan_(1900)" title="Russian cruiser Bayan (1900)"><i>Bayan</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Takasago" title="Japanese cruiser Takasago"><i>Takasago</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SV_Lom" title="SV Lom"><i>Lom</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">3 Feb: <a href="/wiki/SS_Augsburg" title="SS Augsburg"><i>Augsburg</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Akagi" title="Japanese gunboat Akagi"><i>Akagi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Apache_(1889)" title="USS Apache (1889)">USS <i>Apache</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Barfleur_(1892)" title="HMS Barfleur (1892)">HMS <i>Barfleur</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Canopus_(1897)" title="HMS Canopus (1897)">HMS <i>Canopus</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Asashio_(1902)" title="Japanese destroyer Asashio (1902)"><i>Asashio</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kasumi_(1902)" title="Japanese destroyer Kasumi (1902)"><i>Kasumi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_destroyer_Reshitel%27nyi" title="Russian destroyer Reshitel'nyi"><i>Reshitel‘nyi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Arun_(1903)" title="HMS Arun (1903)">HMS <i>Arun</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Triumph_(1903)" title="HMS Triumph (1903)">HMS <i>Triumph</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Oct: <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Gromoboi" title="Russian cruiser Gromoboi"><i>Gromoboi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Culgoa" title="USS Culgoa">USS <i>Culgoa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Nov: <a href="/wiki/SS_Willehad" title="SS Willehad"><i>Willehad</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/SS_America_(1898)" title="SS America (1898)"><i>America</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1903" title="List of shipwrecks in 1903">1903</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1903" title="List of shipwrecks in 1903"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" 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