Japanese battleship Yashima
Yashima in 1897
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| Name: | Yashima |
| Namesake: | Japan |
| Ordered: | 1894 Naval Programme |
| Builder: | Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick |
| Yard number: | 625 |
| Laid down: | 6 December 1894 |
| Launched: | 28 February 1896 |
| Completed: | 9 September 1897 |
| Fate: | Sank 15 May 1904 after striking two mines |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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Yashima (八島 Yashima?) was a Fuji-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships herself, the ship was designed and built in the United Kingdom. She participated in the early stages of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war. She was involved in the subsequent operations until she struck two mines off Port Arthur in May 1904. She did not sink immediately, but capsized while under tow a number of hours later. The Japanese were able to keep her loss a secret from the Russians for over a year so they did not try to take advantage of her loss.
Yashima 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 12,230 long tons (12,430 t) and had a crew of 650 officers and enlisted men. Unlike her sister ship Fuji, she was fitted as an admiral's flagship.
The ship was powered by two 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 18.25 knots (33.80 km/h; 21.00 mph). Yashima, however, reached a top speed of 19.46 knots (36.04 km/h; 22.39 mph) from 14,075 ihp (10,496 kW) 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).
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