H.I.J.M.S. MIKASA

MIKASA, Flagship of Admiral TOGO

[Warship Drama @DramaWarship]

Date: Mid-December 1905. Location: Lüshunkou 旅顺口区, PRC. Event: Refloated by the IJN salvage crews and renamed Suwo 周防, former battleship Pobeda of the Russian Navy's First Pacific Squadron is departing for Sasebo 佐世保市 for further repairs. Current status: Scrapped in 1946-48, lifespan of 50 years.

[H.I.J.M.S. MIKASA @IJS_MIKASA]

#OTD, The Battle of TSUSHIMA Day.
Ceremony on deck, Admiral SAITO, JMSDF and many guest visited.

[H.I.J.M.S. MIKASA @IJS_MIKASA]

Full-Dressed ship.
Next Wednsday is 121th Battle of TSUSHIMA Day.

[H.I.J.M.S. MIKASA @IJS_MIKASA]

@Md1819 So many photo book were published, You can read from Digital Collections of the National Diet Library, Japan.

https://t.co/tPj6kSjMAU

https://t.co/30g4qsJd58

https://t.co/83alTHkPv4

and others,

https://t.co/dUglLb2OJO

[H.I.J.M.S. MIKASA @IJS_MIKASA]

She was the last Battleship launched at Elswick and one of 2 Imperial Japanese Navy British built Battleships visit Britain from Japan.
In 1921, she and sister ship KATORI 香取 visited Britain and Europe on board Crown Prince HIROHITO, Emperor SHOWA.

[Warship Drama @DramaWarship]

Date: March 22, 1905. Location: Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Event: Japanese battleship Kashima 鹿島 is being launched at the Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co. shipyard. She will be commissioned 14 months later. Current status: Scrapped in 1923-24, lifespan of 20 years.

[Warship Drama @DramaWarship]

Date: Late August 1904. Location: 31°15'43" N, 121°33'15" E. Event: Interned after the recent Battle of the Yellow Sea, protected cruiser Askold of the Russian Navy's Pacific Squadron undergoes urgent repairs in Shanghai 上海市. Fatalities: 11 (2% of her crew). Current status: Scrapped in 1924-25, lifespan of 26 years.

[Warship Drama @DramaWarship]

Date: February 25, 1925. Location: Pacific south of the Island of Oahu, HI, USA. Event: IJN coastal defence ship (former armored cruiser) Yakumo 八雲 is approaching Honolulu during her 5 month-long training cruise to North America for naval cadets. Current status: Scrapped in 1946-47, lifespan of 50 years.

[Warship Drama @DramaWarship]

Date: July 22, 1908. Location: Maizuru 舞鶴市, Japan. Event: Former armored cruiser Bayan of the Russian Navy's First Pacific Squadron commences her service with the IJN Training Squadron as Aso 阿蘇 upon completion of her 3 year-long repairs at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal 舞鶴海軍工廠. Current status: Intact wreck at appr. 34°32′ N, 139°56′ E, depth of ca. 1600 m.

[Warship Drama @DramaWarship]

Date: February 22, 1900. Location: Kure 呉市, Japan. Event: Battleship Yashima 八島 is moored in the Kure Naval Arsenal during a break from gunnery exercises by the IJN Standing Fleet 常備艦隊. Current status: Partially scrapped wreck at appr. 38°34′ N, 121°40′ E, depth of ca. 25 m.

[Grumpy Badger @GrumpyBadger5]

@HiddenHistoryYT There's a surviving British pre-dreadnought, Mikasa

[Richard from Sydney @RichardfromSyd1]

@HiddenHistoryYT Japan has none ?

[Alan Foum @AlanFoum]

@HiddenHistoryYT Japanese battleship Mikasa, the world's only surviving Pre-Dreadnaught, built by Vickers in Barrow in Furness and now a museum in Yokosuka

[H.I.J.M.S. MIKASA @IJS_MIKASA]

Fly Naval Ensign at half-mast.

[首相官邸 @kantei]

【お知らせ】
東日本大震災により犠牲となられた全ての方々に対し哀悼の意を表すべく、本日14時46分から1分間の黙とうをお願いいたします。

[Modern Royal Navy @ModernNavy]

Visit to IJS MIKASA, Museum Ship and the last surviving pre-dreadnought battleship built in Great Britain, Yokosuka, Japan 2023 @ModernNavy @IJS_MIKASA

[Warship Drama @DramaWarship]

Date: October 19, 1915. Location: 33°59'49" N, 132°35'39" E. Event: Coastal defence ship Sagami 相模 (former battleship Peresvet of the Russian Navy's First 1st Pacific Squadron) is leading coastal defence ship (former battleship) Fuji 富士, protected cruisers Tsushima 対馬, Niitaka 新高, Otowa 音羽 amid exercises by the IJN Third Fleet.

[Michele Florio @FlMichele69]

Cruisers

CL #HIJMSTakasago (1898-1904)
Takasago Class

📷 1902 #Portsmouth #UnitedKingdom

@JMSDF_PAO 🇯🇵

[H.I.J.M.S. MIKASA @IJS_MIKASA]

@DramaWarship Thanks, I understand.
Look carefully, I found funnel was oainted original Russian color.

[Warship Drama @DramaWarship]

Date: March 03, 1921. Event: IJN battleship Katori 香取 is departing from Yokohama 横浜 for the 6 month-long royal tour of Europe by crown prince Hirohito 裕仁. Current status: Scrapped in 1925-26, lifespan of 22 years.

[Michele Florio @FlMichele69]

Cruisers

PC #HIJMSUnebi (1886-1887)
Unebi Class

📷 19 October 1886 #LeHavre by @IJS_MIKASA Unebi sank from unknown causes during its delivery voyage between Singapore and Tokyo. The mixed crew was composed of 8 Japanese and 76 French There were no survivors

@JMSDF_PAO 🇯🇵

[Warship Drama @DramaWarship]

Date: Summer 1897. Location: Kobe 神戸市, Japan. Event: IJN protected cruiser Itsukushima 厳島 is participating in the royal fleet review by Emperor Mutsuhito 明治天皇. Current status: Scrapped in 1926-27, lifespan of 39 years.