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Retvisan |
Name: |
Retvisan Hizen (1908) |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
Retvisan |
Built By: |
William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Keel Laid Down: |
July 29, 1899 |
Launched: |
October 23, 1900 |
Commissioned: |
March 23, 1902 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
July 1924 Sunk as target |
Length: |
386' 8" |
Beam: |
72' 2" |
Draft: |
26' |
Displacement: |
12,700 (light) |
Crew: |
730 |
Engines: |
2 x Triple expansion |
Boilers: |
24 coal fired |
Speed: |
18 knots |
Screws: |
2 |
Armament: |
4 x 12" in two turrets 12 x 6" in six turrets 24 x 2 pounder 8 x 1 pounder 6 x 15" torpedo tubes |
Notes: |
Sunk by the Japanese at Port Arthur, Manchuria December 6, 1904 Raised and repaired at Sasebo and placed in service in the Japanese Navy Renamed Hizen 1922 Used as a coast defence ship |