Retvisan

Later names:
Hizen (1908)

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Retvisan
Builder:
William Cramp & Sons
Ship and Engine Builders
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
October 23, 1900
Keel Laid:
July 29, 1899
Completed:
March 23, 1902
Fate:
Sunk by the Japanese at Port Arthur, Manchuria December 6, 1904.
Raised and repaired at Sasebo and placed in service in the Imperial Japanese Navy,
renamed Hizen.
Sunk as target July 1924.


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Page published Feb. 11, 2012