Japanese battleship Katori

Katori at anchor
History
Japan
Name:	Katori
Namesake:	Katori Shrine
Builder:	Vickers Barrow-in-Furness, UK
Laid down:	27 April 1904
Launched:	4 July 1905
Commissioned:	20 May 1906
Decommissioned:	20 September 1923
Out of service:	April 1922
Struck:	23 October 1923
Fate:	Scrapped, 1924–25
General characteristics
Class and type:	Katori-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	15,950 long tons (16,210 t) (normal)
Length:	456 ft 3 in (139.1 m)
Beam:	78 ft (23.8 m)
Draught:	27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power:	16,000 shp (12,000 kW) 20 Niclausse boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Range:	12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement:	864
Armament:	2 × twin 12-inch guns 4 × single 10-inch guns 12 × single 6 in (152 mm) QF guns 12 × single 12-pounder guns 3 × single 3-pounder guns 5 × 18-inch torpedo tubes
Armour:	Krupp cemented armour Belt: 3.5–9 in (89–229 mm) Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm) Main gun turrets: 9 in (229 mm)

Katori (香取 (戦艦)^?) was the lead ship of the two Katori-class pre-dreadnought battleships built in the first decade of the 20th century, the last to be built by British shipyards for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Ordered just before the start of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, the ship was completed a year after its end. She saw no combat during World War I, although the ship was present when Japan joined the Siberian Intervention in 1918. Katori was disarmed and scrapped in 1923–25 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

The Katori-class ships were ordered just before the start of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 as improved versions of the Royal Navy’s King Edward VII-class battleships.Katori was 456 feet 3 inches (139.1 m) long overall and had a beam of 78 feet (23.8 m). She had a full-load draught of 27 feet (8.2 m) and normally displaced 15,950 long tons (16,210 t) and had a crew of 864 officers and enlisted men. The ship was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines using steam generated by 20 Niclausse boilers. The engines were rated at 16,000 indicated horsepower (12,000 kW), using forced draught, and were designed to reach a top speed of 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph). Katori, however, reached a top speed of 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) from 18,500 indicated horsepower (13,800 kW) on her sea trials. She carried a maximum of 2,150 long tons (2,180 t) of coal and 377 long tons (383 t) of fuel oil which was sprayed on the coal to increase their power. This allowed her to steam for 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph).

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