Japanese battleship Mishima
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 ex-Russian coastal defense battleship Admiral Senyavin, which later became the IJN Mishima |
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| Builder: | New Admiralty Works, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Laid down: | 1892 |
| Launched: | August 22 1894 |
| Commissioned: | 1895 (Russia): June 6 1905 (Japan) |
| Fate: | Scuttled September 1936 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,165 tons (normal); 4,270 tons (max) |
| Length: | 84.6 meters @ waterline |
| Beam: | 15.9 meters |
| Draught: | 5.19 meters |
| Propulsion: | Two Shaft Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) Engines; 20 boilers; 5,250 shp |
| Fuel: | 260 tons coal; Range: 3,000 nm @ 10 knots |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Complement: | 406 |
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IJN Mishima (三島) was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
The Admiral Senyavin, an obsolete Admiral Ushakov class armored warship, optimistically classed as a coastal battleship by the Imperial Russian Navy, was captured as a prize by the Japanese Navy at the Battle of Tsushima on 28 May 1905. The Okinoshima (ex-General Admiral Graf Apraksin) was her sister ship, and was also captured in the same battle, whereas the lead ship of the class, Admiral Ushakov, was sunk.
The Admiral Senyavin was commissioned into the Japanese Navy as the 2nd class Coastal Defense Vessel Mishima, taking her name from Mishima Jinja, a Shinto shrine located in Mishima, Shizuoka prefecture.
On 01 April 1921, the Mishima was re-classified as a submarine tender.
The Mishima was decommissioned on 10 October 1935. It was expended as a gunnery target and sunk in September 1936.
[edit] References
- Gibbons, Tony: The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers
- Burt, R.A.: Japanese Battleships, 1897–1945
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