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Japanese Battleships from the First World War to the Second World War. From the battleship Satsuma the first Japanese battleship to be built in Japan to the mighty Yamato Class, Yamato and Musashi. Each dedicated page has a message board for use of Naval enthusiasts and Historians.
Japanese Battleships just before WWII. From front to rear : Nagato, Kirishima, Ise and the Hiuga. Picture and information supplied by Carl Proctor
Name	Launch	Fate
Ironclads and Armoured Turret Ships View Ships
Azuma	21st June 1864	Stricken 28th January 1888
Ryujo	1864	Scrapped 1904
Fuso	14th April 1877	Scrapped 1910
Kongo	April 1877	Scrapped 1909
Hiei	12th June 1877	Discarded 1st April 1911
Chin Yen	28th November 1882	Scrapped 1914
Hei Yen	1890	Lost 18th September 1904
Fuji Class Battleships View Class
Fuji	1st August 1894	Scrapped in 1948
Yashima	22nd December 1894	Capsized 15th May 1904 after striking a mine off Port Arthur
Shikishima Class View Class
Shikishima	29th March 1897	Scrapped 1947
Hatsuse	10th January 1898	Lost 15th May 1904
Asahi Class
Asahi	1st August 1898	Lost 25th May 1942
Mikasa Class
Mikasa	24th January 1899	Lost 12th september 1905 salvaged and retained as a Museum.
Sagami ex-Russian Battleship View Ships
Sagami (ex - Russian Peresviet)	Japanese hands 2nd January 1905	Sunk in Port Arthur as Peresviet 6th December 1904. Salvaged June 1905 by Japanese. Returned to Russians and renamed Peresviet 1916. Sunk 4th January 1917
Suo ex-Russian Battleship View Ships
Suo (ex - Russian Pobieda)	Japanese hands 2nd January 1905	Sunk in Port Arthur as Pobieda 7th December 1904. Salvaged October 1905 by Japanese to serve as training ship. Broken Up after 1946
Hizen ex-Russian Battleship View Ships
Hizen (ex - Russian Retvizan)	Japanese hands 2nd January 1905	Sunk at moorings as Retvizan. Raised 22nd September 1905 by Japanese. Disarmed and stricken 1923. Sunk as target July 1924.
Tango ex-Russian Battleship View Ships
Tango (ex - Russian Poltava)	Japanese hands 2nd January 1905	Sunk as Poltava, 5th December 1904, raised at Port Arthur and fell into Japanese hands. Training ship 1909. Returned to Russia 1916, renamed Poltava. Renamed Tchesma 1917, Broken Up 1923.
Iki ex-Russian Battleship View Ships
Iki (ex - Russian Imperator Nikolai I)	Taken at Battle of Tsushima, 28th May 1905	Gunnery training ship 1905 - 1910, coast defence ship 1910 - 1915. Stricken 1st May 1915. Sunk as target by Kongo and Hiei.
Iwami ex-Russian Battleship View Ships
Iwami (ex - Russian Orel)	Taken at Battle of Tsushima, 28th May 1905	Taken at the Battle of Tsushima by Japanese. Disarmed April 1922 and stricken 1st September 1922. Sunk as target July 1924
Mishima ex-Russian Battleship View Ships
Mishima (ex - Russian Admiral Ushakov)	Taken at Battle of Tsushima, 28th May 1905	Damaged by ammunition explosion and repaired 1907. Stricken 1928. Sunk as target 1936.
Okinoshima ex-Russian Ship View Ships
Okinoshima (ex - Russian coast defence ship General Admiral Apraxin)	Taken at Battle of Tsushima, 28th May 1905	Training ship 1905 - 1915, disarmed and used as an accommodation ship 1915. Stricken and hulked 1922, Broken Up 1939.
Kashima Class View Class
Kashima	22nd March 1905	Scrapped in 1924.
Katori	20th May 1906	Scrapped in 1925.
Tsukuba Class
Tsukuba	26th December 1905	Sunk on 14th January 1917.
Japanese Battlecruiser Tsukuba - Photo published 1915.
Ikoma	9th April 1906	Scrapped in November 1924.
Ibuki Class
Ibuki	21st November 1907	Scrapped by December 1924.
Kurama	21st October 1907	Scrapped in 1924-5.
Kurama - photo published 1915.
Kongo Class View Class
Kongo	18th May 1912	Sunk on 21st November 1944.
Hiei	21st November 1912	Sunk on 13th November 1942.
Haruna	14th December 1913	Sunk on 28th July 1945.
Kirishima	1st December 1913	Sunk on 15th November 1942.
Satsuma Class View Class
Satsuma	15th November 1906	Used as a target and sunk on 7th September 1924.
Aki	15th April 1907	Used as a target and sunk on 2nd September 1924.
Settsu Class View Class
Settsu	30th March 1911	Sunk as a target on 24th July 1945.
Kawachi	15th October 1910	Sank after a magazine explosion on 12th July 1918. 700 crew lost.
Fuso Class View Class
Fuso	28th March 1914	Sunk on 25th October 1944.
Yamashiro	3rd November 1915	Sunk on 25th October 1944.
Ise Class View Class
Ise	12th November 1916	Sunk on 28th July 1945.
Hyuga	27th January 1917	Sunk on 28th July 1945.
Nagato Class View Class
Nagato	9th November 1919	Sunk on 19th July 1946 at the Bikini Atoll test.
Mutsu	31st May 1920	Sunk on 8th June 1943.
Kaga Class
Kaga	17th November 1921	Became an aircraft carrier before completion to replace the Amagi.
Tosa	18th December 1921	Sunk as a target on 9th February 1925.
Yamato Class View Class
Yamato	8th August 1940	Sunk on 7th April 1945 by US aircraft.
Musashi	1st November 1940	Sunk on 24th October 1944 by US aircraft.

Ironclads - Fuji Class - Shikishima Class - Asahi - Mikasa - Kashima Class - Kongo Class - Satsuma Class - Settsu Class - Fuso Class - Ise Class - Nagato Class - Yamato Class - Ex-Russian Ships

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