Japanese battleship Fuji

Fuji at anchor in 1908
History
Empire of Japan
Name:	Fuji
Namesake:	Mount Fuji
Ordered:	1894
Builder:	Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London
Laid down:	1 August 1894
Launched:	31 March 1896
Commissioned:	8 August 1897
Decommissioned:	1923
Reclassified:	1 September 1922 as training hulk and barracks
Struck:	1 September 1922
Fate:	Scrapped 1948
General characteristics
Class and type:	Fuji-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	12,230 long tons (12,430 t) (normal)
Length:	412 ft (125.6 m)
Beam:	73 ft (22.250400 m)
Draught:	26 ft 3 in (8.0 m)
Installed power:	13,500 ihp (10,100 kW) 10 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	650
Armament:	2 × 2 – 12 in (305 mm) guns 10 × 1 – 6 in (152 mm) QF guns 20 × 1 – 3-pounder guns 4 × 1 – 2.5-pounder Hotchkiss guns 5 × 18-inch torpedo tubes
Armour:	Harvey armour Belt: 14–18 in (356–457 mm) Deck: 2.5 in (64 mm) Gun turrets: 6 in (152 mm)

Fuji (富士^?) was the lead ship of the Fuji class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy by the British firm of Thames Iron Works in the late 1890s. The ship participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war with her sister Yashima. Fuji fought in the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima and was lightly damaged in the latter action. The ship was reclassified as a coastal defence ship in 1910 and served as a training ship for the rest of her career. She was hulked in 1922 and finally broken up for scrap in 1948.

Fuji was 412 feet (125.6 m) long overall and had a beam of 73 feet 6 inches (22.4 m) and a full-load draught of 26 feet (7.925 m). She normally displaced 12,533 long tons (12,734 t) and had a crew of 637 officers and enlisted men. The ship was powered by two Humphrys Tennant vertical triple-expansion steam engines using steam generated by ten cylindrical boilers. The engines were rated at 13,500 indicated horsepower (10,100 kW), using forced draught, and designed to reach a top speed of around 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). Fuji, however, reached a top speed of 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) on her sea trials. She carried a maximum of 1,200 tonnes (1,200 long tons) of coal which allowed her to steam for 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).