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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_battleship_Shikishima_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Japanese_battleship_Shikishima_2.jpg/300px-Japanese_battleship_Shikishima_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Japanese_battleship_Shikishima_2.jpg/450px-Japanese_battleship_Shikishima_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Japanese_battleship_Shikishima_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="489" data-file-height="313" /></a></span><div><i>Shikishima</i> in a 1905 postcard</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" 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style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>1897</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Thames_Iron_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Thames Iron Works">Thames Iron Works</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackwall,_London" title="Blackwall, London">Blackwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>29 March 1897</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>1 November 1898</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>26 January 1900</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Reclassified</td><td>1 April 1923 as transport and <a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">training ship</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>1923</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">Scrapped</a>, January 1948</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/Shikishima-class_battleship" title="Shikishima-class battleship"><i>Shikishima</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>14,850 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (15,090 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) (normal)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>438 ft (133.5 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>76 ft 6 in (23.3 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>27 ft 3 in (8.3 m)</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;">25 <a href="/wiki/Belleville_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Belleville boiler">Belleville boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">14,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">ihp</a> (10,800 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</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 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (33 km/h; 21 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>5,000 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>741</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;">14 × 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;">20 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_12_pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun">12-pdr 3 in (76 mm) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_3_pounder_Hotchkiss" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss">3-pdr (1.9 in (47 mm)) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss#Japanese_service" title="QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss">2.5-pdr (1.9 in (47 mm))</a> <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_gun" title="Hotchkiss gun">Hotchkiss guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <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>: 4–9 in (102–229 mm)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">Deck</a>: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">Gun turrets</a>: 10 in (254 mm)</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Shikishima</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">敷島</span></span>)</span> was the <a href="/wiki/Lead_ship" title="Lead ship">lead ship</a> of <a href="/wiki/Shikishima-class_battleship" title="Shikishima-class battleship">her class</a> of two <a href="/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship" title="Pre-dreadnought battleship">pre-dreadnought battleships</a> built for the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> by British shipyards in the late 1890s. During the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a> of 1904–1905, the ship fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Arthur" title="Battle of Port Arthur">Battles of Port Arthur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Yellow_Sea" title="Battle of the Yellow Sea">the Yellow Sea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima" title="Battle of Tsushima">Tsushima</a> and was lightly damaged in the latter action, although shells prematurely exploded in her main guns in the latter two engagements. <i>Shikishima</i> remained in home waters during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. She was reclassified as a <a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_ship" title="Coastal defence ship">coastal defence ship</a> in 1921 and served as a <a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">training ship</a> for the rest of her career. The ship was disarmed and <a href="/wiki/Hulk_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hulk (ship)">hulked</a> in 1923 and finally <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">broken up</a> for scrap in 1948. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Shikishima&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Shikishima</i> and her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ship</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Hatsuse" title="Japanese battleship Hatsuse"><i>Hatsuse</i></a> were designed in England as improved versions of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Majestic-class_battleship" title="Majestic-class battleship"><i>Majestic</i>-class</a> battleships.<sup id="cite_ref-ck1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ck1-1"><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> <i>Shikishima</i> was 438 feet (133.5 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 75 feet 6 inches (23.0 m). She had a full-load <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draught</a> of 27 feet 3 inches (8.3 m) and normally displaced 14,850 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (15,090 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) and had a crew of 741 officers and enlisted men. The ship was powered by two <a href="/wiki/Humphrys,_Tennant_and_Dykes" title="Humphrys, Tennant and Dykes">Humphrys Tennant</a> <a href="/wiki/Marine_steam_engine#Triple_or_multiple_expansion" title="Marine steam engine">vertical triple-expansion steam engines</a> using steam generated by 25 <a href="/wiki/Belleville_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Belleville boiler">Belleville boilers</a>. The engines were rated at 14,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">indicated horsepower</a> (10,800 <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 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (33 km/h; 21 mph). <i>Shikishima</i>, however, reached a top speed of 19 knots (35.2 km/h; 21.9 mph) from 14,667 ihp (10,937 kW) on her <a href="/wiki/Sea_trial" title="Sea trial">sea trials</a>. She carried enough coals to give her a range of 5,000 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).<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> </p><p>The ship's <a href="/wiki/Main_battery" title="Main battery">main battery</a> 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 forward and one aft. The secondary battery consisted of fourteen <a href="/wiki/QF_6_inch_/40_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 6 inch /40 naval gun">6-inch (152 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Quick-firing_gun" title="Quick-firing gun">quick-firing guns</a>, mounted in <a href="/wiki/Casemate" title="Casemate">casemates</a> on the sides of the hull and in the superstructure. A number of smaller guns were carried for defence against <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boats</a>. These included 20 <a href="/wiki/QF_12_pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun">QF 12-pounder 12 cwt</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> guns, six 47-millimetre (1.9 in) <a href="/wiki/QF_3_pounder_Hotchkiss" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss">3-pounder guns</a> and six 47-millimetre 2.5-pounder <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_gun" title="Hotchkiss gun">Hotchkiss guns</a>. She was also armed with four submerged <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>. <i>Shikishima</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <a href="/wiki/Waterline" title="Waterline">waterline</a> <a href="/wiki/Belt_armor" title="Belt armor">armour belt</a> consisted of <a href="/wiki/Harvey_armour" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey armour">Harvey armour</a> and was 4–9 inches (102–229 mm) thick. The armour of her gun turrets had a maximum thickness of 10 inches (254 mm) and her <a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">deck</a> ranged from 2.5 to 4 inches (64 to 102 mm) in thickness.<sup id="cite_ref-ck1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ck1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_career">Operational career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Shikishima&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operational career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Shikishima</i>, a poetical name for Japan,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was one of four battleships ordered from overseas shipyards as part of the 10-year Naval Expansion Programme paid for from the <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>30,000,000 <a href="/wiki/Indemnity" title="Indemnity">indemnity</a> paid by <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">China</a> after losing the <a href="/wiki/Sino-Japanese_War_(1894-1895)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)">Sino-Japanese War</a> of 1894–1895.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> by <a href="/wiki/Thames_Iron_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Thames Iron Works">Thames Iron Works</a> at their <a href="/wiki/Blackwall,_London" title="Blackwall, London">Blackwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> shipyard on 29 March 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-s7_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 1 November 1898 and completed on 26 January 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-j8_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j8-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After her arrival in Japan, she was slightly damaged when she went ashore outside of <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a> during a <a href="/wiki/Typhoon" title="Typhoon">typhoon</a> in September 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russo-Japanese_War">Russo-Japanese War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Shikishima&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Russo-Japanese War"><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:Colorized_Shikishima_Shooting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Colorized_Shikishima_Shooting.jpg/220px-Colorized_Shikishima_Shooting.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Colorized_Shikishima_Shooting.jpg/330px-Colorized_Shikishima_Shooting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Colorized_Shikishima_Shooting.jpg/440px-Colorized_Shikishima_Shooting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1202" data-file-height="820" /></a><figcaption>Colorized photo of <i>Shikishima</i> firing during the Battle of the Yellow Sea</figcaption></figure> <p>At the start of the Russo-Japanese War, <i>Shikishima</i>, commanded by <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">Captain</a> Izō Teragaki, was assigned to the 1st Division of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="1st Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">1st Fleet</a>. She 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 the 1st Fleet 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 his surprise night attack on the Russians by his destroyers to be much more successful than it actually was and expected to find them badly disorganised and weakened, but the Russians had recovered from their surprise and were ready for his attack. The Japanese ships were spotted by the <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">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 Russian ships with his secondary guns. Splitting his fire proved to be ineffective as the Japanese eight-inch (203 mm) and six-inch guns inflicted very little significant damage on the Russian ships who concentrated all their fire on the Japanese ships with some effect. Although a large number of ships on both sides were hit, Russian casualties numbered only 17 while the Japanese suffered 60 killed and wounded before Tōgō disengaged. During the battle, <i>Shikishima</i> was hit by a single six-inch shell which wounded 17 crewmen.<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> </p><p><i>Shikishima</i> participated in the action of 13 April when Tōgō successfully lured out a portion of the Pacific Squadron, including Vice-Admiral <a href="/wiki/Stepan_Makarov" title="Stepan Makarov">Stepan Makarov</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">naval mine</a> 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; 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-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 May, <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> put to sea with the battleships <i>Hatsuse</i> (flag), <i>Shikishima</i>, and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yashima" title="Japanese battleship Yashima"><i>Yashima</i></a>, the <a href="/wiki/Protected_cruiser" title="Protected cruiser">protected cruiser</a> <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-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<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 at 10:50 and <i>Yashima</i> struck another when moving to assist <i>Hatsuse</i>. At 12:33, the latter drifted onto another mine that detonated one of her magazines,<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> killing 496 of her crew and sinking the ship. <i>Yashima</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s flooding could not be controlled and she foundered about eight hours later, after her crew had abandoned ship.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HIJMS_Shikishima-1920s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/HIJMS_Shikishima-1920s.jpg/220px-HIJMS_Shikishima-1920s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/HIJMS_Shikishima-1920s.jpg/330px-HIJMS_Shikishima-1920s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/HIJMS_Shikishima-1920s.jpg/440px-HIJMS_Shikishima-1920s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="369" /></a><figcaption><i>Shikishima</i> as a disarmed training ship in the 1920s</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Shikishima</i> was not hit during the Battle of the Yellow Sea in August, although a shell exploded prematurely in one of her 12-inch guns, disabling it.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905, she was second in the <a href="/wiki/Line_of_battle" title="Line of battle">line of battle</a> of the First Division, following Tōgō's flagship <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa" title="Japanese battleship Mikasa"><i>Mikasa</i></a> and was one of the main targets of the Russian battleships. <i>Shikishima</i> was hit nine times during the battle; the most serious of which penetrated beneath a six-inch gun, killing or wounding the entire gun crew. She also had another 12-inch shell prematurely detonate in one of her forward guns, wrecking it completely. In turn, <i>Mikasa</i> and <i>Shikishima</i> concentrated their fire on the battleship <a href="/wiki/Russian_battleship_Oslyabya" title="Russian battleship Oslyabya"><i>Oslyabya</i></a> which eventually sank after two large-calibre shells blew large holes in her bow at the waterline.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These caused massive flooding that sank her, the first modern battleship sunk entirely by gunfire.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Shikishima</i> fired a total of 74 twelve-inch, 1,395 six-inch and 1,272 twelve-pounder shells during the battle. She also fired a torpedo at the badly damaged <a href="/wiki/Armed_merchant_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed merchant cruiser">armed merchant cruiser</a> <i>Ural</i> that sank the Russian ship.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Shikishima&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, <i>Shikishima</i> was based at <a href="/wiki/Sasebo_Naval_District" title="Sasebo Naval District">Sasebo</a> during 1914–1915 and was then assigned to the Second and Fifth Squadrons, in that order, for the rest of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-p9_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p9-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty" title="Washington Naval Treaty">Washington Naval Treaty</a> was signed, she was reclassified as a first-class coast defence ship on 1 September 1921,<sup id="cite_ref-j8_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j8-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was used to train submarine crews<sup id="cite_ref-p9_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p9-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until the ship was reclassified as a transport on 1 April 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-s7_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Shikishima</i> continued to be used as a training hulk for the Sasebo Naval Barracks<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until she was scrapped in January 1948 at the <a href="/wiki/Sasebo_Naval_Arsenal" title="Sasebo Naval Arsenal">Sasebo Naval Arsenal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-s7_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<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_Shikishima&action=edit&section=5" 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 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title="Hundredweight">hundredweight</a>, 20 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_Shikishima&action=edit&section=6" 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 reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ck1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ck1_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ck1_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 221</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">Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, pp. 17–18</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">Jane, p. 400</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">Evans & Peattie, pp. 57–58, 60</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-s7-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-s7_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-s7_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-s7_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Silverstone, p. 336</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-j8-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-j8_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-j8_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 18</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1">"Latest intelligence - The Typhoon in Japan". <i>The Times</i>. No. 36887. London. 1 October 1902. p. 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Latest+intelligence+-+The+Typhoon+in+Japan&rft.issue=36887&rft.pages=p.-3&rft.date=1902-10-01&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+battleship+Shikishima" class="Z3988"></span></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">Forczyk, pp. 24, 41–44</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">Forczyk, pp. 45–46</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">Warner & Warner, p. 279</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">Brook, p. 124</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">Forczyk, pp. 46–47</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">Forczyk, pp. 51–52</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">Campbell, pp. 128–131, 263</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Forcyzk, p. 62</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell, pp. 134, 260</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-p9-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-p9_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-p9_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Preston, p. 189</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">Fukui, p. 54</span> </li> </ol></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_Shikishima&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrook1999" class="citation book cs1">Brook, Peter (1999). <i>Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867 – 1927</i>. 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href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Asahi" title="Japanese battleship Asahi"><i>Asahi</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_Japan" title="List of battleships of Japan">List of battleships of Japan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Japanese_auxiliary_ship_classes_of_World_War_II" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link 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II</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Collier_(ship)" title="Collier (ship)">Colliers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oil_tanker" title="Oil tanker">oilers</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/Notoro-class_oiler" title="Notoro-class oiler"><i>Notoro</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ondo-class_oiler" title="Ondo-class oiler"><i>Ondo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunosaki-class_combat_support_ship" title="Sunosaki-class combat support ship"><i>Sunosaki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashizuri-class_combat_support_ship" title="Ashizuri-class combat support ship"><i>Ashizuri</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Kazahaya" title="Japanese fleet oiler Kazahaya"><i>Kazahaya</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Hayasui" title="Japanese fleet oiler Hayasui"><i>Hayasui</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Hario" title="Japanese fleet oiler Hario"><i>Hario</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muroto-class_collier" title="Muroto-class collier"><i>Muroto</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teiy%C5%8D_Maru_(1931)" title="Teiyō Maru (1931)"><i>Teiyō Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_oiler_%C5%8Cse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese oiler Ōse (page does not exist)"><i>Ōse</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Genota_(1934)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Genota (1934) (page does not exist)">SS <i>Genota</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></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="/w/index.php?title=Food_supply_ship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Food supply ship (page does not exist)">Food supply ships</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_supply_ship_Mamiya" title="Japanese supply ship Mamiya"><i>Mamiya</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_food_supply_ship_Nosaki" title="Japanese food supply ship Nosaki"><i>Nosaki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinesaki-class_food_supply_ship" title="Kinesaki-class food supply ship"><i>Kinesaki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_supply_ship_Irako" title="Japanese supply ship Irako"><i>Irako</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_food_supply_ship_Kurasaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese food supply ship Kurasaki (page does not exist)"><i>Kurasaki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></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/Amphibious_warfare_ship" title="Amphibious warfare ship">Landing ships</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/No.1-class_landing_ship" title="No.1-class landing ship"><i>No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.101-class_landing_ship" title="No.101-class landing ship"><i>No.101</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_amphibious_assault_ship_Shinsh%C5%AB_Maru" title="Japanese amphibious assault ship Shinshū Maru"><i>Shinshū Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span> (Army)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS-class_landing_ship" title="SS-class landing ship"><i>SS</i></a> (Army)</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/Armed_merchant_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed merchant cruiser">Armed merchant 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/Aikoku_Maru_(1940)" title="Aikoku Maru (1940)"><i>Aikoku Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dkoku_Maru" title="Hōkoku Maru"><i>Hōkoku Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Maru_(1934)" title="Kongō Maru (1934)"><i>Kongō Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noshiro_Maru" title="Noshiro Maru"><i>Noshiro Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></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/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Cable_layer" title="Cable layer">cable layer</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_Tokiwa" title="Japanese cruiser Tokiwa"><i>Tokiwa</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Itsukushima" title="Japanese minelayer Itsukushima"><i>Itsukushima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Yaeyama" title="Japanese minelayer Yaeyama"><i>Yaeyama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Okinoshima" title="Japanese minelayer Okinoshima"><i>Okinoshima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Tsugaru" title="Japanese minelayer Tsugaru"><i>Tsugaru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Minoo" title="Japanese minelayer Minoo"><i>Minoo</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Shirataka" title="Japanese minelayer Shirataka"><i>Shirataka</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatsutaka-class_minelayer" title="Hatsutaka-class minelayer"><i>Hatsutaka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsubame-class_minelayer" title="Tsubame-class minelayer"><i>Tsubame</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natsushima-class_minelayer_(1933)" title="Natsushima-class minelayer (1933)"><i>Natsushima</i></a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Sokuten</i></a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Hirashima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Ajiro</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamishima-class_minelayer" title="Kamishima-class minelayer"><i>Kamishima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashima-class_cable_layer" title="Hashima-class cable layer"><i>Hashima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer" title="Sokuten-class minelayer"><i>Sokuten</i></a> (1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary minelayer"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Fleet_ships#Miscellaneous" title="List of Eastern Fleet ships"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Barlight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Barlight (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Barlight</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></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/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</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/No.1-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class minesweeper"><i>No.1</i></a> (1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class minesweeper"><i>No.5</i></a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.13-class minesweeper"><i>No.13</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.13-class minesweeper"><i>No.17</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.7-class_minesweeper_(1938)" class="mw-redirect" title="No.7-class minesweeper (1938)"><i>No.7</i></a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.19-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.19-class minesweeper"><i>No.19</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor-class_minesweeper" title="Bangor-class minesweeper"><i>No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Taitam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Taitam (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Taitam</i></a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Waglan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Waglan (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Waglan</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_minesweeper" title="No.1-class auxiliary minesweeper"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Frores" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Frores"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>DEFG</i>-class)</li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Djember" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Djember"><i>Aux. No.104</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>DEFG</i>-class)</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/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol boats</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/No.1-class_patrol_boat" title="No.1-class patrol boat"><i>No.1</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.31-class_patrol_boat" title="No.31-class patrol boat"><i>No.31</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.31-class_patrol_boat" title="No.31-class patrol boat"><i>No.46</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Thracian_(1920)" title="HMS Thracian (1920)"><i>No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/HMS_Thracian_(1920)" title="HMS Thracian (1920)">HMS <i>Thracian</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)"><i>No.102</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)">USS <i>Stewart</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)"><i>No.103</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)">USS <i>Finch</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No.104-class_patrol_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No.104-class patrol boat (page does not exist)"><i>No.104</i></a> (ex-Dutch East Indies <i>Valk</i> and <i>Arend</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_patrol_boat_No.105&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese patrol boat No.105 (page does not exist)"><i>No.105</i></a> (ex-Philippine customs <i>Arayat</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralen-class_destroyer" title="Admiralen-class destroyer"><i>No.106</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Banckert_(1929)" title="HNLMS Banckert (1929)">HNLMS <i>Banckert</i> (1929)</a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SCI</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Genesee_(AT-55)" title="USS Genesee (AT-55)"><i>No.107</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Genesee_(AT-55)" title="USS Genesee (AT-55)">USS <i>Genesee</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_patrol_boat_No.109&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese patrol boat No.109 (page does not exist)"><i>No.109</i></a> (ex-Dutch East Indies <i>Fazant</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_patrol_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary patrol boat"><i>Aux. No.1</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/Repair_ship" title="Repair ship">Repair ships</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_battleship_Asahi" title="Japanese battleship Asahi"><i>Asahi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_repair_ship_Akashi" title="Japanese repair ship Akashi"><i>Akashi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_repair_ship_Hayase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese repair ship Hayase (page does not exist)"><i>Hayase</i></a> (ex-Chinese passenger <i>Chin Kiang</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_repair_ship_Hitonose&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese repair ship Hitonose (page does not exist)"><i>Hitonose</i></a> (ex-ROCN <i>Min Sheng</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></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/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">Seaplane tenders</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_seaplane_tender_Notoro" title="Japanese seaplane tender Notoro"><i>Notoro</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Kamoi" title="Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi"><i>Kamoi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitose-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Chitose-class aircraft carrier"><i>Chitose</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Mizuho" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Mizuho"><i>Mizuho</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin"><i>Nisshin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Akitsushima" title="Japanese seaplane tender Akitsushima"><i>Akitsushima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamikawa_Maru-class_seaplane_tender" title="Kamikawa Maru-class seaplane tender"><i>Kamikawa Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></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/Submarine_chaser" title="Submarine chaser">Submarine chasers</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/No.1-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.1-class submarine chaser"><i>No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.1-class submarine chaser"><i>No.3</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.4-class_submarine_chaser" class="mw-redirect" title="No.4-class submarine chaser"><i>No.4</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.13</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.28</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.60</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smeroe-class_minesweeper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Smeroe-class minesweeper (page does not exist)"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HNLMS_Tjerimai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HNLMS Tjerimai (page does not exist)">HNLMS <i>Tjerimai</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Ardjoeno_(1937)" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Ardjoeno (1937)"><i>Aux. No.102</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>Ardjoeno</i> class)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No.103-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No.103-class auxiliary submarine chaser (page does not exist)"><i>Aux. No.103</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>B1</i> class)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._P" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. P"><i>Aux. No.111</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>P13</i> or <i>P14</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_A_(1929)" class="mw-redirect" title="HNLMS A (1929)"><i>Aux. No.112</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>A</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Bantam_(1938)" class="mw-redirect" title="HNLMS Bantam (1938)"><i>Aux. No.117</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>Bantam</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.251-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" title="No.251-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.251</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.251-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" title="No.251-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.253</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></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/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">Submarine tenders</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_submarine_tender_Komahashi" title="Japanese submarine tender Komahashi"><i>Komahashi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jingei-class_submarine_tender" title="Jingei-class submarine tender"><i>Jingei</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Ry%C5%ABh%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūhō"><i>Taigei</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heian_Maru_(1930)" title="Heian Maru (1930)">Heian Maru</a></i><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></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/Research_vessel" title="Research vessel">Survey ships</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/Tsukushi-class_survey_ship" title="Tsukushi-class survey ship"><i>Tsukushi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_survey_ship_Katsuriki" title="Japanese survey ship Katsuriki"><i>Katsuriki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_auxiliary_survey_ship_Hakusa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese auxiliary survey ship Hakusa (page does not exist)"><i>Hakusa</i></a> (ex-China customs <i>Fu Hsing</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></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/Target_ship" title="Target ship">Target ships</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_battleship_Settsu" title="Japanese battleship Settsu"><i>Settsu</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Yakaze" title="Japanese destroyer Yakaze"><i>Yakaze</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_target_ship_Hakachi" title="Japanese target ship Hakachi"><i>Hakachi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Chama-class_target_ship" title="Ōhama-class target ship"><i>Ōhama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></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/Training_ship" title="Training ship">Training ships</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_battleship_Fuji" title="Japanese battleship Fuji"><i>Fuji</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Shikishima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Asama" title="Japanese cruiser Asama"><i>Asama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Azuma" title="Japanese cruiser Azuma"><i>Azuma</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kasuga" title="Japanese cruiser Kasuga"><i>Kasuga</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Yat_Sen" title="Chinese cruiser Yat Sen"><i>Atada</i></a> (ex-ROCN <a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Yat_Sen" title="Chinese cruiser Yat Sen"><i>Yat Sen</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Others</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/S%C5%8Dya_(icebreaker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sōya (icebreaker)"><i>Sōya</i></a> (freighter)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_munition_ship_Kashino" title="Japanese munition ship Kashino"><i>Kashino</i></a> (turret transporter)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_icebreaker_%C5%8Ctomari" title="Japanese icebreaker Ōtomari"><i>Ōtomari</i></a> (icebreaker)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tategami-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Tategami-class salvage tugboat"><i>Tategami</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasashima-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Kasashima-class salvage tugboat"><i>Kasashima</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tategami-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Tategami-class salvage tugboat"><i>Miura</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiy%C5%8D_No.1-class_oceanographic_research_ship" title="Kaiyō No.1-class oceanographic research ship"><i>Kaiyō No.1</i></a> (oceanographic research ship)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinese_gunboat_Yung_Chien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinese gunboat Yung Chien (page does not exist)"><i>Asuka</i></a> (traffic ship, ex-ROCN <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinese_gunboat_Yung_Chien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinese gunboat Yung Chien (page does not exist)"><i>Yung Chien</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>S</dt> <dd>Single ship of class</dd> <dt>C</dt> <dd>Converted to ship type</dd> <dt>I</dt> <dd>Incomplete until the end of war</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" 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