These were the last Japanese battleships built by foreign shipyards. Kashima built at Armstrong's and Katori built by Vickers. These were ordered just before the Russo Japanese conflict.  They were also the last Japanese Battleships built with a ram bow.  They lasted until April 1922 when they were disarmed.  Kashima was scrapped at Nagosaki  and Katori was  scrapped at Maizuru.

Displacement: 16,400 tons and 17,200 tons full load.  Crew 864  Speed: 18.5 knots  Range: 10,000 nm at 10 knots. Armament: Four 12 inch guns,  Four  10 -inch Guns,  Twelve 6 inch guns,  Fourteen 3.1 inch guns,  Two 3.1 inch guns  and Five 18-inch Torpedo Tubes submerged.

Katori c.1906

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HJMS Katori. 

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