Name: | KASHIMA |
Type: | Battleship |
Keel: | 29/02/1904 |
Launched: | 22/03/1905 |
Completed: | 31/05/1906 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Elswick |
Yard Number: | 755 |
Dimensions: | 16383disp, 425.0 x 78.2 x 26.6(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x VT4cyl (36, 56 & 63, 63 x 48ins), 15600ihp |
Engines by: | Humphrys Tennant & Co, Deptford |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 2 x 12.0ins, 4 x 1 x 10.0ins, 12 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 12 x 1 x 12pdr, 3 x 1 x 3pdr QF guns; |
5 x 18.0ins torpedoes (1 x aft, 2 x 2 x broadside) | |
History: | |
31/05/1906 | Imperial Japanese Navy |
11/1924 | Broken up |
Comments: | 20/09/1923: Stricken under the terms of the Washington Treaty |
11/1924: Broken up at Nagasaki |
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Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
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Above layout from Brassey's Naval Annual of 1921