Japanese battleship Hatsuse

Hatsuse at sea
History
Japan
Name	Hatsuse
Ordered	1897
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick
Yard number	680
Laid down	10 January 1898
Launched	27 June 1899
Completed	18 January 1901
Fate	Sank 15 May 1904 after striking a mine
General characteristics
Class and type	Shikishima-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	14,312 long tons (14,542 t) (normal)
Length	438 ft 8 in (133.7 m)
Beam	76 ft 6 in (23.3 m)
Draught	27 ft 5 in (8.4 m)
Installed power	14,500 ihp (10,800 kW) 25 Belleville boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	849 (as flagship)
Armament	2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns 14 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns 20 × single 12-pdr (3 in (76 mm)) guns 8 × single 3-pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns 4 × single 2.5-pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns 4 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Harvey armour Belt: 4–9 in (102–229 mm) Deck: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm) Gun turrets: 10 in (254 mm)

Hatsuse (初瀬, Hatsuse) was a Shikishima-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships, 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, as the flagship of the 1st Division. Hatsuse was involved in the subsequent naval operations until she sank in a Russian minefield off Port Arthur on 15 May 1904 after the ship struck two mines. The ship struck one mine which caused significant damage. Less than two hours later, the ship struck a second mine which detonated one of her magazines and Hatsuse sank almost immediately afterwards with the loss of over half her crew.