Japanese battleship Mikasa
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The Japanese battleship Mikasa was a pre-dreadnought battleship that served as Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō’s flagship and played a pivotal role in Japan’s naval victories during the Russo-Japanese War.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mikasa-class battleship | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
museum ship
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pre-dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| armament |
14 × 6-inch (152 mm) secondary guns
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4 × 12-inch (305 mm) main guns ⓘ smaller quick-firing guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armorType | Harvey and Krupp cemented armor ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Japanese victory at the Battle of Tsushima ⓘ |
| beam | about 23.2 metres ⓘ |
| builder |
Vickers-Armstrongs
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surface form:
Vickers, Sons and Maxim
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| builtAt |
Barrow-in-Furness
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surface form:
Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
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| commandedBy | Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1902-03-01 ⓘ |
| conflict | Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 830 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1905-09-11 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1923 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 15,000 tons full load ⓘ |
| flagshipDuringBattle | Battle of Tsushima ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ |
| hasExhibit | naval history of the Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Important Cultural Properties of Japan
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surface form:
Important Cultural Property of Japan
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| hullConstruction | steel ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1899-01-24 ⓘ |
| laterRaised | yes ⓘ |
| launched | 1900-11-08 ⓘ |
| length | about 131.7 metres ⓘ |
| location |
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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surface form:
Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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| museumOpening | 1926 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Mount Katsuragi
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surface form:
Mount Mikasa
|
| navalEra | pre-dreadnought era ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Port Arthur
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Battle of Tsushima ⓘ Battle of the Yellow Sea ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| preservedAs | memorial ship ⓘ |
| propulsion | coal-fired triple-expansion steam engines ⓘ |
| repaired | 1906–1908 ⓘ |
| resultOfEvent | sank in shallow water at Sasebo ⓘ |
| roleInWar | flagship of the Combined Fleet ⓘ |
| serviceAfterRepair | training and coastal defense duties ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Japanese battleship Mikasa
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mikasa-class battleship
|
| status | only surviving pre-dreadnought battleship in the world ⓘ |
| stricken | 1923 ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent | magazine explosion at Sasebo ⓘ |
| symbolism | symbol of early 20th-century Japanese naval power ⓘ |
| topSpeed | approximately 18 knots ⓘ |
| visitedBy | tourists ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mikasa-class battleship